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American politician
Barclay Henley
(March 17, 1843 ? February 15, 1914) was an attorney and politician who served two terms as
United States Representative
from
California
from 1883 to 1887.
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Henley was born in
Charlestown, Indiana
, and was the son of
Thomas J. Henley
. He moved with his parents to
San Francisco, California
in 1853 and returned to
Indiana
in 1858 to attend
Hanover College
. He returned to San Francisco in 1861 and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1864 and commenced practice in
Santa Rosa, California
.
Henley was a member of the State assembly in 1869 and 1870. He was the
district attorney
of Sonoma County in 1875 and 1876. He was elected as a
Democrat
to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 -March 3, 1887). He again settled in San Francisco and continued the practice of law until his death in that city in 1914. His remains were cremated and the ashes interred in the Santa Rosa Cemetery, Santa Rosa, California.
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