Monroe Henderson (1818 in

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, Jefferson County, New York – December 5, 1899 in

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) was an American merchant and politician from

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Life

He was the son of Thomas Monroe Henderson. In 1842, he removed to

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. There he first worked as a clerk, and later became a merchant. In 1856, he traveled for about a year to

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to improve his health. He was a member of the

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(1st D.) in

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and

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, but due to ill health he abandoned the 85th Session on January 31, and did not take his seat during the 86th Session. He died at the home of his niece at 54 Union Ave., in Jamaica, Queens.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 443)
''Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and the Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1862 and '63''
by William D. Murphy (1863; pg. 77f)
''DEATH LIST OF A DAY; Monroe Henderson''
in NYT on December 6, 1899 {{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Monroe 1818 births 1899 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators Politicians from Watertown, New York Politicians from Queens, New York 19th-century American legislators