The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-01
WHEN CLOTHING STORE.
BALLOTLNG FOR SENATORS,
General Charles F. Henderson Elect
ed in Nebraska.
No Result in Michigan and Minnesota
Charges of Bribery by the Ferry Men
to BE Investigated.
NEBRASKA.
Close of the Contest by the Election Of
General Charles F. Mandersun.

Close of the Contest by the Election of
General Charles F. Henderson.
LINCOLN, Jan. 31.-General Charles F.
Manderson, of Omaha, was elected United
States Senator to-day on the seventeeth bal
lot the vote being: Henderson, IS; Stickler,
20; Boyd II; Morton, IA Brown 5; Conner,
l. Nettleton, 1.
SKETCH OF GENERAL HENDERSON.
Gen. Henderson was born in Philadelph
in 1887 where he received his education. He
moved to Canton, o., in 1859, studied law in
that city, and was admitted to the bar the
following year. At the breaking out of the
war he recruited Company A of the Nine
tenth Ohio Infantry and served through
the three months service in West Virginia
under Gen. Mcclellan as a part of Gen
Rosecrans' brigade. The Nineteenth Ohio
participated with great credit in the battle of
Rich Mountain, and Capt Henderson was
specially mentioned in the report of the
commander for efficient service. After the
three months service he re-enlsted for the
war, and served with distinction in the
campaigns through Mississippi, Alabama
Tennessee and Kentucky. He was severely
wounded at the battle of Loveioy Station,
Sept. 2, 1864, During the rest of the war he
was unable to ride horseback, and resigned
on March II, 1866 because of physical disa-
Dility, with the rank of brevet brigadier-
general OF volunteers.
His commission from the President reads
that it is given for gallant, long-continued
and meritorious services during the entire
war of the rebellion. He has received a
complimentary recognition of his army SER
vice. During the term of Office of President
Hayes he was warmly urged by the congress
sional delegations from Nebraska, Kansas
Iowa, Colorado and Ohio for the position of
Secretary of War; the Endorsement being en-
tlrely unsought. He was the comrade in the
army of the Cumberland OF General Gar
field, who, in sprech at Canton, o., in Sep
TENDER, 1880, said; II am glad to meet here
again General Henderson, whom you all
know and who grew into heroic proportions
by his work in the war, and did his duty
nobly." In 1865 he resumed the practice of
law at Canton being elected for two terms
district attorney. In 1865 he ran against E.
Eckley, the then incumbent, for nomination
for Congress in the Seventh district then
fight was long and exciting one, winning
over Henderson by one vote, the youth of
the latter being urged to his advantage.
In 1869 he removed to Omaha, where he has
resided for thirteen years. He has there
practiced his profession with success, has
been for two terms president of the State Bar
Association, and is one of the council of the
American Bar Association. He served for
five years as the city attorney of Omaha. In
1871 and again in 1874 he was elected with
out opposition as a member of the constitu-
tional convention held in Nebraska in those
years. He is now forty-five years of age,
practicing law actively, and, while not pol
itician, has ever given to the Republican
party the services of his voice and pen Gen
eral Henderson, one of the brightest men in
the State, is thorough Republican, a tai
ented gentleman, and has the united support
of the Republican party of Nebraska. The
mantle of Senator Saunders could not have
fallen on better or worthier man, and one
who is more the choice of the people of the
State than General Henderson