Samuel Henderson

For the mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana, see Samuel Henderson (Indianapolis mayor).

Samuel Henderson (November 27, 1764 – November 17, 1841) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Samuel Henderson was born and attended school in England. He immigrated to the United States in 1782 and settled in Montgomery, Pennsylvania. He owned and operated the Henderson Marble Quarries in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Henderson was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jonathan Roberts. He died on his estate at Upper Merion, Pennsylvania, in 1841. Interment in the family burying ground in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Sources

Samuel Henderson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Jonathan Roberts Roger Davis	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district 1814-1815 alongside: Roger Davis	Succeeded by William Darlington John Hahn

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Name	Henderson, Samuel
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 27, 1764
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Date of death	November 17, 1841
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