Melvin Henley (born August 25, 1935) is an American politician who served in the

Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a ...

from the 5th district from 2005 to 2013. He is a graduate of

Murray State University Murray State University (MSU) is a public university in Murray, Kentucky, in the Southern United States. In addition to the main campus in Calloway County in southwestern Kentucky, Murray State operates extended campuses offering upper-level an ...

where he received a

Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...

degree in

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

. Henley was first elected to the house in 2004, defeating Democratic incumbent Buddy Buckingham. Henley subsequently changed his party affiliation to the Democratic party on September 14, 2007. He retired from the house in 2012 and was succeeded by Republican

Kenny Imes Kenny Imes (born February 13, 1947) is a United States, U.S. politician currently serving as the County Judge/Executive, Judge/Executive of Calloway County, Kentucky, Calloway County since October 2018; he was appointed to the position by govern ...

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1935 births Living people Democratic Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives Republican Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives 21st-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly {{Kentucky-politician-stub