Henry M. Spofford
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Henry Martyn Spofford was judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court who was elected in 1877 to the United States Senate by one of two contesting Louisiana legislatures after the disputed election of 1876. He was never seated.
Henry M. Spofford was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, 8 September, 1821.
After the contested election of 1876, Democrat-backed legislature, allied with Democratic Governor Francis T. Nicholls selected Spofford as United States Senator. However the Republican-dominated legislature allied with Republican Governor Stephen B. Packard had separately selected William Pitt Kellogg. The United States Senate, which was at the time dominated by the so-called Radical faction of the Republican party, refused to seat Spofford.
He died in Red Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, 20 August, 1880.
