Samuel Henderson (November 27, 1764November 17, 1841) was a member of the

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from

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Biography

Samuel Henderson was born and attended school in

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. He immigrated to the

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in 1782 and settled in

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. He owned and operated the Henderson Marble Quarries in

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. Henderson was elected as a

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to the

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Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jonathan Roberts. He died on his estate at Upper Merion, in 1841. Interment in the family burying ground in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
1764 births 1841 deaths English emigrants to the United States Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Politicians from Philadelphia 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub