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John Franklin Henry was a preacher, farmer, and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Madison County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1884 and 1885.

He was born in Mississippi.

He was lampooned as wanting to exempt Madison County from all laws he does not consider fit.

He served with Samuel W. Lewis in the House and state senator George Harvey as the state senator from Madison County.

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

1. ^ "John Franklin Henry – Against All Odds".
2. ^ "The Legislature of 1884". Mississippian. 13 November 1883. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
3. "Legislative lays". The State Ledger. 14 March 1884. p. 1. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
4. Lowry, Robert; McCardle, William H. A History of Mississippi: From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando DeSoto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis. AMS Press. ISBN 9780404046101.

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