William B. Henderson

{{Short description|American politician}}

William B. Henderson was an African American farmer, and Republican state legislator in North Carolina.{{cite journal | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23535481 | jstor=23535481 | title=The Fusion Legislatures of 1895 and 1897: A Roll-Call Analysis of the North Carolina House of Representatives | last1=Trelease | first1=Allen W. | journal=The North Carolina Historical Review | date=1980 | volume=57 | issue=3 | page=307 }} He lived in Middleburg, North Carolina.

In 1892, he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives, but John P. Leach and the Democrats unseated him and several other Republicans.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/henderson-william-b|title=Henderson, William B. | NCpedia|website=www.ncpedia.org}} He represented Vance County in the North Carolina Senate in 1897.{{Cite web|url=https://www.carolana.com/NC/1800s/nc_1800s_senate_1897.html|title=North Carolina State Senate - 1897|website=www.carolana.com}}

In 1898, North Carolina Governor D. L. Russell appointed him as fertilizer inspector.