Barclay Henley

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Barclay Henley's former residence in Washington, D.C.

Barclay Henley (March 17, 1843 – February 15, 1914) was a United States Representative from California. He was born in Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana. He moved with his parents to San Francisco, California in 1853 and returned to Indiana in 1858. He attended the common schools and Hanover College. He returned to San Francisco in 1861 and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1864 and commenced practice in Santa Rosa, California.

Henley was a member of the State assembly in 1869 and 1870. He was the district attorney of Sonoma County in 1875 and 1876. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 -March 3, 1887). He again settled in San Francisco and continued the practice of law until his death in that city in 1914. His remains were cremated and the ashes interred in the Santa Rosa Cemetery, Santa Rosa, California.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Campbell Polson Berry	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 3rd congressional district 1883–1885	Succeeded by Joseph McKenna
Preceded by William Rosecrans	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st congressional district 1885–1887	Succeeded by Thomas Larkin Thompson

References

Barclay Henley at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 16801921 LCCN: no94018716

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Name	Henley, Barclay
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	March 17, 1843
Place of birth
Date of death	February 15, 1914
Place of death

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