CIVIL WAR GENERAL 13th AMENDMENT ABOLITIONIST CONGRESSMAN MO AUTOGRAPH SIGNED VF
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:24963293 | Modified Item: No |
| Original/Reproduction: Original | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Conflict: Civil War (1861-65) | Theme: Militaria |
JOHN BROOKS HENDERSON (1826 - 1913)CIVILWAR UNIONIST PARTY ABOLITIONIST US SENATOR FROM MISSOURI 1862-1869, CIVILWAR UNION BRIGADIER GENERAL OF MISSOURI STATE MILITIA IN 1861, COMMANDINGFEDERAL FORCES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI, CO-AUTHORand SPONSOR OF THE 13th AMENDMENT TO THE US CONSTITUTION ABOLISHING SLAVERY -SIGNED BY PRESIDENT LINCOLN ON FEB. 1, 1865, VOTEDAGAINST THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON, SPECIALUNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR PROSECUTION OF THE CRIMINAL �...��WHISKEY RING” AT ST. LOUIS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT U. S. GRANT IN1875.COMMISSIONER TO ESTABLISH A TREATYWITH HOSTILE INDIAN TRIBES IN 1877 BY PRESIDENT HAYES&MEMBEROF THE MO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1848-1850 AND 1856–1858.Henderson is buried in Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery.< <>>HERE’S HENDERSON’S SIGNATURE REMOVEDFROM A 19th CENTURY AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, and SIGNED:“J. B. HendersonMissouri~~~”The document has been inlaid toanother sheet, measures 6” x 9” and is in VERY FINE CONDITION.A FINE PIECE OF CIVIL WAR ERA STATEOF MISSOURI POLITICAL HISTORY TO ADD TO YOUR AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT &EPHEMERA COLLECTION! <<::>>BIOGRAPHY OF THEHONORABLE JOHN BROOKS HENDERSON John Brooks Henderson (November 16, 1826 – April 12, 1913) was a United States Senatorfrom Missouriand a co-author of the ThirteenthAmendment to the United States Constitution.Born near Danville, Virginia, he moved with his parents to Lincoln County, Missouri, studied on his own while a farm hand, taught school, was admitted to the barin 1844, and practiced.Political careerHenderson was a member of the Missouri House ofRepresentatives in 1848-1850 and 1856–1858, and wasactive in Democraticpolitics. He was commissioned a brigadier generalin the Missouri State Militiain 1861, commanding federal forces in northeast Missouri.On January 17, 1862 Henderson was appointed to the U.S. Senate as aUnionist to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion of TrustenPolk. Later that year, Henderson was elected to a full six-yearterm in the U.S. Senate.The Kingdom of CallawayIn 1862 Henderson signed a peace treaty with JeffersonJones of the short-lived Kingdom of Callaway, lending that breakaway state legitimacy before federal troops invaded and endedits existence.Apocryphal Story about a Meeting withLincolnAccording to a story circulated in the early 1900s, Henderson met with PresidentAbraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865 shortly before Lincoln left for Ford'sTheatre where he was assassinated that night, andsuccessfully procured a pardon for Missouri resident George S. E. Vaughnwho had been convicted of spying and sentenced to death, becoming Lincoln'slast official act as President. However in 2011 David Blanchetteof the Abraham LincolnPresidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinoissaid there is no record of any such pardon.13th AmendmentAs a United States Senator representing a slavestate, Henderson co-authored and co-sponsored the ThirteenthAmendment to the United States Constitution permanentlyprohibiting slavery in the United States. Henderson's original proposal, madeJanuary 11, 1864 was submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and onFebruary 10, 1864 it presented the Senate with a proposal combining the draftsof congressmen James Mitchell Ashley(Republican, Ohio), James Falconer Wilson, (Republican, Iowa), CharlesSumner (Republican, Massachusetts), and Henderson.On January 31, 1865 the 13th Amendment was approved by the U.S. Congress, and on February 1, 1865 it was signed by President AbrahamLincoln. On April 14-15, 1865 Lincoln was assassinatedbefore the amendment was ratified by the State of Georgiaon December 6, 1865.While in the Senate, Henderson was chairman of the Committee to Audit andControl the Contingent Expense (Thirty-ninth Congress) and a member of theCommittee on Indian Affairs (Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses).During President AndrewJohnson's impeachment trial, Henderson broke party ranks, along with six other Republican senators and votedfor acquittal. These seven Republican senators were disturbed by how theproceedings had been manipulated in order to give a one-sided presentation ofthe evidence. Senators William Pitt Fessenden, Joseph S. Fowler, James W. Grimes, John B.Henderson, Lyman Trumbull, Peter G. Van Winkle, and Edmund G. Ross of Kansas, who providedthe decisive vote, defied their party and public opinion and voted againstimpeachment. After the trial, Ben Butler conducted hearings on the widespreadreports that Republican senators had been bribed to vote for Johnson's acquittal.In Butler's hearings, and in subsequent inquiries, there was increasingevidence that some acquittal votes were acquired by promises of patronage jobsand cash cards.Henderson was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 1868 andleft the U.S. Senate on March 4, 1869.Henderson was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Missouriand later U.S. Senator. In 1875 he was special United States attorneyfor prosecution of the WhiskeyRing at St. Louis.In 1877 he was appointed a commissioner to treatwith hostile tribes of Indians.Later lifeHenderson moved to Washington, D.C. in 1888, was a writer, and resided in the capital untilhis death in 1913.Henderson is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York(Section 34, Lot 8379).I am a proud member of the Universal Autograph Collectors Club(UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society and theAmerican Political Items Collectors (APIC) (member name: John Lissandrello). Isubscribe to each organizations' code of ethics and authenticity is guaranteed.~Providing quality service and historical memorabilia online for over 20years.~
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