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Title	Jno. H. McHenry.
Creator	Levin, H. (editor)
Contributors	Lewis Publishing Company (publisher)
Description	John Hardin McHenry was born near Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky, in 1797. He was tutored privately, read law and was admitted to the bar in 1818, starting his practice in Leitchfield, Kentucky, where he also acted as postmaster. He was appointed commonwealth attorney by Governor Adair in 1822. He moved to Hartford, Kentucky, in 1823. He was appointed commonwealth attorney for Ohio County by Governor Metcalfe in 1831 and again by Governor Morehead in 1837. He was elected a member of the state House of Representatives from Ohio County in 1840. McHenry was elected as a Whig to the U.S. Congress for the period 1845-1847. He was a member of the Kentucky constitutional convention in 1849 and served as its chairman. He moved to Owensboro, Kentucky, in 1854, and was sat as judge of the circuit court of several counties in 1854. He died in Owensboro in 1871and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery.
Subject	Lawyers Legislators Judges Portraits
People Pictured	McHenry, John Hardin
Date Original	1897
Object Type	Book illustrations
Source	28 x 22 cm. b&w plate. Opposite p. 339 in H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 1897. In Law Library Rare Book Collection.
Citation Information	Levin, H. The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 1897.
Collection	Law Library Collection
Collection Website	http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/law/
Digital Publisher	Law Library of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville
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