Excerpt from Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Vol. 4 Henderson, Archibald, representative, was born in Granville county, n.o., Aug. 7, 1768; son of Judge Richard and Elizabeth (keeling) Henderson. He was educated at Granville acad emy and practised law in Salisbury. He was a representative in the 6th and 7th us. Congresses, 1799 - 1803. He was elected as a Federalist, but in 1800 supported Jefferson. He was a member of the house of commons of North Carolina, 1807 20, and was celebrated throughout the state as an advocate. He was married in July, 1802, to Sarah, daughter of Moses Alexander of Mecklen burg county, and a descendant of the Alex anders who came to America from Ireland and settled in Mecklenburg county in 1755. He died in Salisbury, n.o Oct. 1, 1822. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.