studied law in Hillsborough, and after his admission to the bar was for several years clerk of the district court of Hillsborough. He became judge of the appellate court in 1808, was elevated to the supreme bench in 1818, and appointed chief justice in 1829. His law-school, which he conducted throughout his judicial career, was the most popular in the state. — Leonard's nephew, James Pinckney, statesman, b. in Lincoln county, N. C, 31 March, 1808; d. in Washington, D. C, 4 June, 1858, was educated in Lincolnton, N. C, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1829. He removed to Mississippi in 1835, remained there till the Texas difficulties began, and, volunteering in the Texan army, was appointed brigadier-general in 1836. On the disbanding of the troops he was appointed by President Samuel Houston attorney-general, was subsequently secretary of state in 1837-9, and in the latter part of this year visited England and France to procure the recognition of Texan independence. Resuming his practice in 1840, he entered into partnership with Gen. Thomas J. Rusk, at San Antonio. He was special minister to the United States in 1844, to negotiate the annexation of the republic, and was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1845. He was elected governor of Texas in 1846, and, in response to the call for volunteers, took command of the Texas corps, was distinguished at Monterey, and received the thanks of congress and a sword for bravery in action. In 1857 he was appointed U. S. senator as a state-rights Democrat, to fill the unexpired term of his partner, Thomas J. Rusk, who had just died. Henderson took his seat in March, 1858, but died before the conclusion of the session.
HENDERSON, Robert Miller, lawyer, b. near Carlisle, Pa., 11 March, 1827. He was graduated at Dickinson college, Pa., in 1845. was admitted to the bar in Carlisle in 1847, and served in the legislature in 1851-3. At the beginning of the civil war he entered the Union army as captain in the 86th Pennsylvania reserves, was appointed lieutenant-colonel of volunteers in 1862, was provost-marshal of Cumberland county, Pa., in 1863, and in 1865 was brevetted colonel and brigadier-general of volunteers for services during the war. In 1872 he became law judge of the 12th judicial district of Pennsylvania, served ten years, and was elected president judge of the same district in 1882. He has since resigned, and returned to practice.
HENDERSON, Thomas, physician, b. in Freehold, N. J., in 1743 ; d. there, 15 Dec, 1824. He was graduated at Princeton in 1761, studied medicine under Dr. Nathaniel Scudder, and in 1766 became a member of the New Jersey medical society. He was appointed 2d major in Col. Stewart's battalion of minute-men, 15 Feb., 1776 ; on 14 June, 1776, major of Col. Heard's battalion ; and subsequently became lieutenant-colonel of Col. Forman's battalion in Heard's brigade. At the battle of Monmouth he was a brigade-major, and was a very valuable man on the field. He was the "solitary horseman" that rode up to Gen. Washington, while the latter was standing beside his horse at Freehold Court-House, and informed him of the retreat of Gen. Charles Lee. In 1777 Dr. Henderson was appointed a member of the provincial council. In 1794 he was vice-president of the council of New Jersey, and acting governor of that state at the time of Shays's insurrection, while Gov. Howell was absent in Pennsylvania with some New Jersey troops. After the adoption of the Federal constitution he was elected to congress, and served under Washington's administration. Although Dr. Henderson never relinquished the duties of his profession, he was kept continually in the public service, and after his retirement from congress was by turns surrogate, member of the legislature, judge of common pleas, and commissioner to settle boundaries between New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
HENDERSON, Thomas Jefferson, congressman, b. in Brownsville, Tenn., 29 Nov., 1824. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, removed to Illinois, and spent one term at the University of Iowa. He was clerk of the Starr county, 111., commissioner's court in 1847-'9, and from 1849 till 1853 clerk of the Starr county court. In 1855-'60 he was in the legislature, and, joining the National army in 1862, as colonel of the 112th regiment of Illinois volunteers, served till the close of the war. In 1865 he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers for services during the rebellion. In 1871 he became collector of internal revenue for the 5th district of Illinois. He was elected to congress as a Republican in 1874, and has since
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HENDRICK, Mohawk chief, b. about 1680; d. near Fort George, N. Y., 8 Sept., 1755. His home was at the Upper Castle, on the Mohawk river. At an early age he cast his lot, with most of the Six Nations, on the side of the British, whom he ever served with courage and fidelity. In 1751 he was consulted by the commissioners of Massachusetts on the project of removing the Mohawks to Stockbridge, to be instructed and domesticated, and in June, 1754, attended the congress, at Albany, that was called for the purpose of making a treaty with the Six Nations. At this meeting Lieut.-Gov. James De Lancey made an address to the sachems on pending military affairs, to which Hendrick replied with earnestness and eloquence. He accused the British generals altogether of over-cautious tardiness and a lack of military spirit. In 1755 he joined the army of Sir William Johnson, with a body of several hundred Indian warriors, and marched against the French forces under Baron Dieskau. At Rocky Point a detachment of 1,200 British and Indians, led by Col. Williams and himself, fell into an ambuscade, and in the action both leaders were slain. Several years before his death Hendrick induced the tribes to transfer to Sir William Johnson about 100,000 acres of choice land for a nominal consideration. When he was in battle this chief usually wore the uniform of a British officer, and sometimes a veil also, as seen in the accompanying portrait.
HENDRICKEN, Thomas Francis, R. C. bishop, b. in Kilkenny, Ireland, 5 May, 1827 ; d. in Providence, R. I., 11 June, 1886. He was educated at St. Kyran's college, Kilkenny, and in the Royal college of Maynooth, where he was graduated in 1853, and ordained by Bishop O'Reilly, of Hartford, Conn., who was then visiting Ireland, and who subsequently invited the young priest to come to the United States. He sailed for America in 1853, and on the voyage some of the steerage passengers were attacked with a fatal sickness. To prevent contagion, all were forbidden to approach the pestilential part of the ship ; but Father Hendricken disregarded the order, and offered his services to
