Daniel Maynadier Henry (February 19, 1823 – August 31, 1899) was an American politician.
Early life
Henry was born near
Cambridge, Maryland
Cambridge is a city in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 13,096 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Dorchester County and the county's largest municipality. Cambridge is the fourth most populous city in Maryl ...
, and attended
Cambridge Academy
Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge became ...
and
St. John's College of
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...
. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1844, and practiced in Cambridge.
Career
Henry began his political career as a member of the
Maryland House of Delegates
The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the legislature of the State of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House on State Circle in Annapolis, ...
in 1846, and again later in 1849. He also served in the
Maryland State Senate
The Maryland Senate, sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. Composed of 47 senators elected from an equal number of constituent single- ...
in 1869. In 1876, Henry was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth, and in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1877, to March 3, 1881. During the forty-sixth congress, he served as chairman of the
Committee on Accounts.
After his tenure in Congress, Henry continued the practice of law until his death.
Personal life
He was the uncle of Maryland Governor
Henry Lloyd.
Death
Henry died in Cambridge. He is interred in
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery.
References
1823 births
1899 deaths
Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
Democratic Party Maryland state senators
People from Dorchester County, Maryland
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland
19th-century American politicians
Goldsborough family
Burials in Maryland
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