John G. McHenry

John G. McHenry was born in Benton Township, Pennsylvania on April 26, 1868.{{sfn|John G. McHenry, Late a Representative from Pennsylvania|page=10}} He attended the public schools and Orangeville Academy.{{sfn|John G. McHenry, Late a Representative from Pennsylvania|page=10}} He became a successful farmer, banker and distiller.{{sfn|John G. McHenry, Late a Representative from Pennsylvania|pages=10-11}}{{sfn|"James G. M'Henry Dies in His Home in Benton"|page=1}} He was the organizer of the Grange national banks throughout Pennsylvania.{{sfn|John G. McHenry, Late a Representative from Pennsylvania|page=10}} From 1897 to 1898 he served as chairman of the Columbia County Democratic Committee.{{sfn|"James G. M'Henry Dies in His Home in Benton"|page=1}}

McHenry was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses.{{sfn|"James G. M'Henry Dies in His Home in Benton"|page=1}} He had been in failing health throughout 1912, and had not been a candidate for reelection.{{sfn|"James G. M'Henry Dies in His Home in Benton"|page=1}} He was serving his final term when he died in Benton, Pennsylvania on December 27, 1912.{{sfn|"James G. M'Henry Dies in His Home in Benton"|page=1}} Interment in Benton Cemetery.{{sfn|"McHenry Funeral"|page=1}}

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• {{cite book |last=United States Congress |date=1913 |title=John G. McHenry, Late a Representative from Pennsylvania |url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t9t153748;view=1up;seq=7 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=US Government Printing Office |ref={{sfnRef|John G. McHenry, Late a Representative from Pennsylvania}}}}

• {{cite news |date=December 28, 1912 |title=James G. M'Henry Dies in His Home in Benton |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/86663068/ |work=Pittsburgh Post |location=Pittsburgh, PA |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"James G. M'Henry Dies in His Home in Benton"}}}}
• {{cite news |date=December 28, 1912 |title=McHenry Funeral |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/75912742/ |work=Mount Carmel Item |location=Mount Carmel, PA |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"McHenry Funeral"}}}}

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• [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mchenry.html John Geiser McHenry] at The Political Graveyard

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Category:1868 births

Category:1912 deaths

Category:People from Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Category:19th-century American legislators

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