Thomas H. Herndon
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Thomas Hord Herndon (July 1, 1828 - March 28, 1883) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Erie, Greene (now Hale) County, Alabama, Herndon attended a private school. He was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1847. He attended the law school of Harvard University in 1848. He was admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Eutaw, Alabama. He was editor of the Eutaw Democrat in 1850. He moved to Mobile, Alabama, in 1853 and resumed the practice of law. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1857 and 1858. Trustee of the University of Alabama in 1858 and 1859. He returned to Greene County in 1859. He served as member of the State secession convention in 1861. During the Civil War served as major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel of the Thirty-sixth Regiment, Alabama Infantry, in the Confederate States Army and was wounded twice in battle. He again moved to Mobile and resumed the practice of his profession. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Alabama in 1872. He served as member of the State constitutional convention which met September 6, 1875. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1876 and 1877.
Herndon was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1879, until his death in Mobile, Alabama, March 28, 1883, before the convening of the Forty-eighth Congress. He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.
