Biography of Robert Lee Henry, Bowie County, Texas *********************************************************** Submitted by: V Richardson Date: Apr 2000 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/bowie/bowitoc.htm *********************************************************** HENRY, Robert Lee (great-great-great-grandson of Patrick Henry 1736-1799), a Representative from Texas; born in Linden, Cass County, Tex., May 12, 1864; attended the common schools; moved to Bowie County in 1878 and to McLennan County in 1895; was graduated from the Southwestern University of Texas at Georgetown in 1885; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1886 and practiced for a short time in Texarkana, Tex.; was graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1887; elected mayor of Texarkana in 1890 but resigned in 1891; first office assistant to the attorney general of Texas 1891-1893; assistant attorney general 1893-1896; settled in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., in 1895 and practiced law; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1917); was not a candidate for renomination in 1916, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator; engaged in the practice of law in Waco, Tex.; again an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator in 1922 and 1928; moved to Houston, Tex., in 1923 and resumed the practice of his profession; died in Houston, Tex., July 9, 1931, from a gunshot wound; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex. HENRY, Robert Lee, representative, was born in Linden, Texas, May 12, 1864; son of Capt. Francis Marion and Mary E. (Taylor) Henry, and grandson of Henry Henry, of Tennessee. He removed to Bowie county in 1878, and was graduated from the University of Texas, M.A., with valedictorian Honors in 1885. He was admitted [p.213] to the bar in 1886, began practice, and was graduated in law from the University of Texas in 1887. He was mayor of Texarkana in 1890, resigning to become first office assistant attorney-general. He was appointed assistant attorney-general in 1893 and held the position until January, 1895, when he removed to Waco. He was chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Bowie county for several years. He was a representative from Texas in the 55th, 56th, 57th and 58th congresses, 1897-1905.