John A. Henderson
John A. Henderson | |
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| Mayor of Tampa | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 21, 1841 Clarke County, Georgia |
| Died | August 10, 1904 (aged 62) Tallahassee, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Turman Mattie Ward |
| Relations | W. B. Henderson (brother) |
| Children | Flora Waldo John Ward Henderson Mary Henderson Jennie Murphree |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service |  Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1862 |
| Rank |  2nd Lieutenant |
| Unit | 7th Florida Infantry, Co. B |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
John Alexander Henderson (December 21, 1841 – August 10, 1904) was a corporate lawyer and politician in Florida. He was an early resident of Tampa, the brother of William Benton Henderson.[1] He studied law under James Gettis, who raised him after the death of his father. During the Civil War, Henderson was in Gettis's company, Company B of the 7th Florida Infantry.[2] He was elected mayor of Tampa in 1870.[3]
In 1876, he moved to Tallahassee.[4] His second wife was the daughter of G. T. Ward.[5] He served as general consul for the Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad Company.[6] He was a trustee of the West Florida Seminary, and his daughter Jennie married Albert A. Murphree.[7] He taught law to William Himes.[8] He was a state senator. William D. Bloxham appointed him a US Senator when Wilkinson Call's term expired.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Who Was William Benton Henderson?".
- ^ Brown Jr., Canter (2000). Tampa: In Civil War and Reconstruction. Tampa, FL: University of Tampa Press. p. 44. ISBN 9781879852488.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Cutler, Harry Gardner (December 7, 2018). "History of Florida: Past and Present, Historical and Biographical". Lewis publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ Hare, Julianne (December 7, 2018). Tallahassee: A Capital City History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738523712 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Universal Directory of Railway Officials". Directory Publishing Company. December 7, 1896 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Albert A. Murphree".
- ^ "Himes Avenue and Gray Gables". www.tampapix.com.
- ^ http://archive.flsenate.gov/data/Historical/Senate%20Journals/1930s/1935/8C/5_31_bloxham_memorial_1935.pdf Archived 2017-02-17 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
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