Herndon, William Henry

Life Span
to
Full name
William Henry Herndon
Place of Birth
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
8
Family
Archer G. Herndon (father), Rebecca Day Johnson (mother), Mary J. Maxey (first wife, 1840), Anna Miles (second wife, 1862)
Education
Other
Other Education
Illinois College
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Farmer or Planter
Writer or Artist
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Whig
Republican
Other Affiliations
Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)
Temperance (Prohibition)
Government
Other state government
Local government
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