Thomas J. Henderson (politician)
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 7th district |
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In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1895 |
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| Preceded by | William Cullen |
| Succeeded by | George Edmund Foss |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883 |
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| Preceded by | John B. Hawley |
| Succeeded by | Robert R. Hitt |
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November 29, 1824 Brownsville, Tennessee |
| Died | February 6, 1911 (aged 86) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Republican |
Thomas Jefferson Henderson (November 29, 1824 – February 6, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and a Union Army officer during the American Civil War.
Born in Brownsville, Tennessee, Henderson moved with his parents to Illinois at the age of eleven. He served as clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Stark County, Illinois from 1847 to 1849. and as clerk of the court of Stark County from 1849 to 1853. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Toulon, Illinois.
Henderson served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1855 and 1856 and then as a member of the Illinois Senate (1857–1860). He entered the Union Army in 1862 as colonel of the 112th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment and fought in the Siege of Knoxville and Atlanta Campaign being wounded at the Battle of Resaca. He commanded the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XXIII Corps, from August 12, 1864. He was brevetted brigadier general in January 1865 and led his brigade at the Battle of Wilmington.
With the war's end, Henderson resumed the practice of law and moved to Princeton, Illinois, in 1867. He was appointed collector of internal revenue for the fifth district of Illinois in 1871.
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