William B. Henderson was an African American farmer, and Republican state legislator in North Carolina. He lived in Middleburg, North Carolina.
In 1892, he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives, but John P. Leach and the Democrats unseated him and several other Republicans. He represented Vance County in the North Carolina Senate in 1897.
In 1898, North Carolina Governor D. L. Russell appointed him as fertilizer inspector.
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References
- Trelease, Allen W. (1980). "The Fusion Legislatures of 1895 and 1897: A Roll-Call Analysis of the North Carolina House of Representatives". The North Carolina Historical Review. 57 (3): 307. JSTOR 23535481.
- ^ "Henderson, William B. | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org.
- "North Carolina State Senate - 1897". www.carolana.com.