William H. Denson Explained

William Henry Denson
State:Alabama
District:7th
Term Start:March 4, 1893
Term End:March 3, 1895
Predecessor:William H. Forney
Successor:Milford W. Howard
Office1:United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama
President1:Grover Cleveland
Term Start1:1885
Term End1:1889
Predecessor1:George Henry Craig
Successor1:Lewis E. Parsons, Jr.
Office2:Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
Term Start2:1876
Term End2:1885
Office3:Mayor of LaFayette
Term Start3:1874
Term End3:1876
Birth Date:4 March 1846
Birth Place:Uchee, Alabama, U.S.
Death Place:Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Resting Place:Elmwood Cemetery
Party:Democratic
Nationality:American
Branch:Confederate States Army
Serviceyears:1863–1865

William Henry Denson (March 4, 1846 – September 26, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Born in Uchee, Alabama, Denson attended the common schools and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.Denson left the University of Alabama in 1863 to join the Confederate States Army, worked on his father's farm and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Union Springs, Alabama, moved to LaFayette, Alabama, in October 1870, served as mayor of Lafayette in 1874, served as member of the State house of representatives in 1876, moved to Gadsden, Etowah County, in 1877 and continued the practice of his profession. He was appointed by President Cleveland United States district attorney for the northern and middle districts of Alabama and served from June 30, 1885, to June 3, 1889. He served as chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1890.Denson was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894 and moved to Birmingham, Alabama, where he resumed the practice of law. He died in Birmingham, Alabama and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery.