Thomas J. Henley

Thomas Jefferson Henley ( born June 18, 1808 in Richmond, Indiana; † May 1, 1875 in Mendocino County, California ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1849 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Henley visited after leaving school Indiana University in Bloomington. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1828 admitted to the bar he began to work in his hometown of Richmond in this profession. He was also active in the banking industry. Politically, Henley Member founded by Andrew Jackson in 1828 Democratic Party. From 1832 to 1842 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Indiana, which he was president in 1840.

In the congressional elections of 1842 he was in the second electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Richard W. Thompson on March 4, 1843. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1849 three legislative periods. These were determined by the events of the Mexican- American War, as a result, the U.S. territory was expanded considerably in the west and southwest. Between 1843 and 1847 Henley was chairman of the Patent Committee.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Henley moved in 1849 to California, which was also dropped by the war with Mexico to the United States. In Sacramento, he worked in the banking industry. Between 1851 and 1853 he was a deputy in the first California State Assembly. From 1855 to 1858 he was Indian Commissioner of the State of California; 1860-1864 he headed the post office in San Francisco. Thomas Henley died on 1 May 1875 Mendocino County and was buried in Santa Rosa. He was the father of the California Congressman Barclay Henley ( 1843-1914 ).