Biography

03/24/1833 - 06/27/1883


McHENRY, Elias Jackson, a Representative from Columbia County; born, March 24, 1833 in Fishing Creek Township, Columbia County, Pa.; farmer; miller; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1868); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1874, 1875, 1876 and 1877; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1878); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1878, 1882); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1881-1882); died, June 27, 1883 in Stillwater, Columbia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Stillwater Cemetery, Stillwater, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.


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