CS Con Henry, Gustavus Adolphus, Sr. - C.S. Senator, TN

Gustavus Adolphus Henry Sr.

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Born: October 8, 1804

Birthplace: Scott County, Kentucky

Father: General William Henry

Mother: Elizabeth Julia Flournoy

Wife: Marion McClure 1812 – 1882
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee)

Children:

Susan Laura Henry Martin 1834 – 1881​
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee)​
Thomas Frazier Henry 1835 – 1886​
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee)​
Major John Flournoy Henry 1837 – 1862​
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)​
Gustavus Adolphus Henry Jr. 1838 – 1882​
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee)​

Political Party: Whig Party


Education:

1825: Graduated from Transylvania University​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Georgetown, Kentucky​
1831 – 1833: Kentucky State Representative​
Attorney in Clarksville, Tennessee​
Known as the "eagle orator of Tennessee"​
1851: Tennessee State Representative​
1853: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Tennessee​
1855: Unsuccessful Candidate for Governor of Tennessee​
Four Times Presidential Elector for Whig Political Party​
1860: Supporter of John Bell at the Baltimore Convention​

Civil War Career:
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1861: Elected Confederate States Senator on thirty – second ballot​
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Senator from Tennessee​
1862: Member of Senate Pay and Mileage Committee​
1862: Member of Joint Congressional Inauguration Committee​
1862: Member of Senate Finance Committee​
1862 – 1865: Member of Senate Military Affairs Committee​
1864 – 1865: Member of Senate Public Lands Committee​
He was a support of ultra-nationalism​
Proposed to let commissioners arbitrarily fix impressment prices​
Proposed to appropriate a half – million dollars for government ironworks​
Proposed to let the President detail soldiers and impress slaves​
Proposed to draft all men between sixteen and sixty for service​
Proposed to repudiate two – thirds of the currency.​
He was known to have written President Davis and commanding Generals urging the repossession of Tennessee and Kentucky.​
1864: He urged that the war be carried to the enemy and deplored all talk of peace.​
1865: Voted to put Robert E. Lee in command of all armies​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1880: Lived a quiet life in the city of Clarksville, Tennessee​

Died:
September 10, 1880

Place of Death: Clarksville, Tennessee

Age at time of Death: 75 years old

Burial Place: Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tennessee
 
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The article about Senator Henry states that one of his ancestors was that "immortal orator and patriot from Virginia". That would almost have to be Patrick Henry.Not his brother Patrick but the Patrick Henry.
 
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