John Ward Henderson (October 28, 1873 - June 17, 1925) was a lawyer and state legislator who also served as mayor of
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, Florida, Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In ...
in 1905.
He served as a state senator in 1907 representing
Leon County, Florida
Leon County is a county in the Panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. It was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. As of the 2020 census, the population was 292,198.
The county seat is Tallahassee, which is also the state cap ...
.
John Alexander Henderson was his father.
Alvan S. Harper
Alvan S. Harper (1847–1911) was an American photographer who was active in Tallahassee, Florida.
Biography
Harper was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania in 1847. He worked as a photographer in Philadelphia before moving to Tallahassee, Florida. ...
photographed him while he was a boy in the late 19th century. He studied law at the
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...
, graduating in 1896.
He was elected mayor of Tallahassee in 1904. In 1906 he was elected to represent
Leon County, Florida
Leon County is a county in the Panhandle of the U.S. state of Florida. It was named after the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León. As of the 2020 census, the population was 292,198.
The county seat is Tallahassee, which is also the state cap ...
in the
Florida State Senate
The Florida Senate is the upper house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida House of Representatives being the lower house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopte ...
. He was photographed in the driver's seat of a Lincoln auto while talking to George Lewis in front of Lewis State Bank.
John Ward Henderson Jr. also served as a legislator in Florida. He and his sister May were photographed as children.
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See also
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Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida
The Mayor of Tallahassee is head of the executive branch of the government of Tallahassee, Florida.
For part of the city's history the office of mayor was a rotating position chosen among city commissioners. Tallahassee switched to the direct e ...
References
External links
Findagrave entry
1873 births
1925 deaths
Mayors of Tallahassee, Florida
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