Al B. Henry

{{Short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name =Al Henry

|image = Senator Al Henry, 1969.jpg

|caption=Henry in 1969

| office = President pro tempore of the Washington Senate

| term_start = January 9, 1967

| term_end = January 12, 1981

| predecessor = William A. Gissberg

| successor = Barney Goltz

| term_start1 = January 9, 1961

| term_end1 = January 14, 1963

| predecessor1 = Gerald G. Dixon

| successor1 = Edward F. Riley

| office2= Member of the Washington State Senate

| constituency2= 17th

| term_start2= January 9, 1961

| term_end2= January 12, 1981

| preceded2= Frank W. Foley

| succeeded2= Harold S. Zimmerman

|constituency3= 16th

|term_start3= January 14, 1957

|term_end3= January 9, 1961

|preceded3= Stanton Ganders

|succeeded3= Mike McCormack

|state_house4= Washington

|district4= 16th

|term_start4= January 10, 1955

|term_end4= January 14, 1957

|preceded4= Kermit W. McKay

|succeeded4= James N. Leibold

|term_start5= January 8, 1951

|term_end5= January 12, 1953

|preceded5= C. C. Miller

|succeeded5= Kermit W. McKay

|term_start6= January 8, 1945

|term_end6= January 13, 1947

|preceded6= Lester E. Babcock

|succeeded6= W. Y. Dent

|term_start7= January 13, 1941

|term_end7= January 11, 1943

|preceded7= Mark M. Moulton

|succeeded7= Lester E. Babcock

|birth_date = {{birth date|1911|4|12}}

|birth_place =Ness County, Kansas, U.S.

|death_date ={{Death date and age|1989|6|26|1911|4|12}}

|death_place =Oregon, U.S.

|party = Democratic

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Al B. Henry (April 12, 1911 – July 26, 1989) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington House of Representatives on and off from 1941 to 1957 and in the Senate from 1957 to 1981. He was also the President pro tempore of the Senate from 1961 to 1963 and again from 1967 to 1981.{{cite web |title=State of Washington Members of the Legislature, 1889 {{endash}} 2011 |url=https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2011.pdf |website=Washington State Legislature |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420082957/https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2011.pdf |archive-date=April 20, 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Pictorial Directory, Forty-First Session, Washing State Legislature |url=https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/Pictorial_Phone/41stSession1969opt.pdf |website=Washington State Legislature |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125155126/https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/Pictorial_Phone/41stSession1969opt.pdf |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |date=1969 |url-status=live}}

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Category:1989 deaths

Category:1911 births

Category:Democratic Party members of the Washington House of Representatives

Category:Democratic Party Washington (state) state senators

Category:20th-century members of the Washington State Legislature

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