Henry Wharton Conway

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Henry W. Conway
Henry W. Conway

Henry Wharton Conway (March 18, 1793 – November 9, 1827) was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Arkansas Territory.

Henry Wharton Conway was born on March 18, 1793, near Greeneville, Tennessee in Greene County, Tennessee. Conway was educated by private tutors. He was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1813.

In 1817, Conway became a clerk in the U.S. Treasury and served in that position until he moved to the Missouri Territory in 1818. In 1820, he moved to the Arkansas Territory.

In Arkansas, he was appointed as receiver of public moneys and served in that position in 1820 and 1821. He was elected as a delegate to the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses.

Conway was mortally wounded on October 29, 1827, during a duel with Robert Crittenden who was Secretary of the Arkansas Territory. Conway lingered for a couple of weeks after the duel but succumbed to his wounds.

Henry Wharton Conway died on November 9, 1827. He is buried in the Arkansas Post cemetery.

Conway was the brother of Governor James Sevier Conway and Governor Elias Nelson Conway. He was first cousin to Senator Ambrose Hundley Sevier and Governor Henry Massey Rector. He was also third cousin to Confederate General and Virginia Governor James Lawson Kemper.

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Conway County, Arkansas is named for him.

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Preceded by
James Woodson Bates		 Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arkansas Territory
March 4, 1823 – November 9, 1827		 Succeeded by
Ambrose Hundley Sevier