Jerry Henry (February 5, 1956) is a former
Democratic member of the
Kansas House of Representatives
The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...
, representing the 48th and 63rd district. He served from 1993 to 2003, 2003 to 2017, when he was succeeded by
Republican John Eplee
John Eplee (born March 24, 1953) is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 63rd district from 2017 to 2025. He lost the Republican primary for a seat in the Kansas Senate ...
.
Henry is the executive director of Achievement Services for Northeast Kansas, which works with developmentally disabled adults. Prior to his election to the House he served four years on the
Atchison City Commission and one year as the city's mayor.
He and wife Linda have three children and five grandchildren.
Committee membership
* Appropriations
* Transportation
* Social Services Budget (Ranking Member)
* Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight
* Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services Oversight
Major donors
The top 5 donors to Henry's 2008 campaign:
Follow the Money - 2008 Campaign Contributions
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*1. Kansas Optometric Assoc $750
*2. Kansas Contractors Assoc $600
*3. Kansans for Quality MHS $500
*4. Ruffin, Phil $500
*5. Kansas Medical Society $500
References
External links
Kansas Legislature - Jerry Henry
Project Vote Smart profile
Kansas Votes profile
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* Campaign contributions
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Democratic Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
People from Atchison, Kansas
Living people
21st-century members of the Kansas Legislature
1956 births
20th-century members of the Kansas Legislature