Columbus Vance Henkel Jr. was a North Carolina politician. He was born in Statesville, North Carolina, September 16, 1908. He was the son of Columbus Vance Henkel and Lila Dunavant. He served five terms in the North Carolina Senate and ran for

Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina The lieutenant governor of North Carolina is the second-highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the only elected official to have powers in both the legislative and executive branches of state government. A member o ...

in 1960. After his death in 1971, the

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enacted a resolution to "record its appreciation of his life and his contributions to the State of North Carolina."

References

* Miller, Mildred J., ed. ''The Heritage of Iredell County''. Statesville, NC: Genealogical Society of Iredell Co., 1980. * Men of Achievement in the Carolinas. Charlotte: Men of Achievement, Inc., 1952 1908 births 1971 deaths North Carolina state senators 20th-century American legislators 20th-century North Carolina politicians {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub