John Flournoy Henry Explained

John Flournoy Henry
Birth Date:17 January 1793
Birth Place:Scott County, Kentucky, U.S.
Death Place:Burlington, Iowa, U.S.
Resting Place:Aspen Grove Cemetery
Burlington, Iowa, U.S.
State1:Kentucky
District1:12th
Term Start1:December 11, 1826
Term End1:March 3, 1827
Preceded1:Robert P. Henry
Succeeded1:Chittenden Lyon
Party:Jackson Republican
Education:Georgetown Academy
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Spouse:Mary Wilson Duke Henry
Lucy Stringer Ridgely Henry
Children:4
Allegiance: United States
Branch:Kentucky militia
Serviceyears:1812–1813
Rank:Surgeon's mate
Battles:War of 1812

John Flournoy Henry (January 17, 1793 – November 12, 1873) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Born at Scott County, Kentucky, Henry attended Georgetown Academy, Kentucky, and Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1817.He served at Fort Meigs in 1813 as surgeon's mate of Kentucky troops.He engaged in agricultural pursuits and the practice of medicine. He owned slaves.

Henry was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother Robert P. Henry and served from December 11, 1826, to March 3, 1827.He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1827 to the Twentieth Congress.Professor in the Medical College of Ohio at Cincinnati in 1831.He moved to Bloomington, Illinois, in 1834 and to Burlington, Iowa, in 1845 and resumed the practice of medicine.He died in Burlington, Iowa, November 12, 1873.He was interred in Aspen Grove Cemetery.