David N. Henderson

David N. Henderson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 3rd district
In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977
Preceded by	Graham A. Barden
Succeeded by	Charles Whitley
Personal details
Born	(1921-04-16)April 16, 1921 Hubert, North Carolina
Died	January 13, 2004(2004-01-13) (aged 82) Wilmington, North Carolina
Political party	Democratic

David Newton Henderson (April 16, 1921 – January 13, 2004) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina from 1961 to 1977.

Born on a farm near

He became a lawyer in private practice and served as assistant general counsel to the Committee on Education and Labor, United States House of Representatives from 1951 to 1952; as solicitor of Duplin County, North Carolina, General Court from 1954 to 1958; and as a Duplin County, North Carolina, judge from 1958 to 1960.

In the early 1980s he also ran a lawyer-lobbyist company Cook and Henderson with Republican Marlow Cook, a former U.S. senator from Kentucky. Their major client was the Tobacco Institute.^[1]

Henderson was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977). He served as chair of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (Ninety-fourth Congress). He was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976, a seat won by a staff from his office, Charles Whitley. Henderson died on January 13, 2004, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and was interred at Rockfish Cemetery, Wallace, North Carolina.

References

Sources

• United States Congress. "David N. Henderson (id: H000479)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.