James Pinckney Henderson

1st Governor of Texas
Political Party 	Democratic
Term 	February 19, 1846 - December 21, 1847  (37-39)
Lieutenant Governor	Albert Clinton Horton
Successor 	George Tyler Wood
Full Name 	James Pinckney Henderson
Birth 	
March 31, 1808
Lincolnton, North Carolina
Father 	John Lawson Henderson  (1774-1843)
Mother 	Elizabeth Carruth  (1783-1849)
Brothers 	
Wallace Alexanders Henderson  (1799-1823)
James Henderson  (1800-1801)
John Carruth Henderson  (1801-1833)
Charles Cotesworth Henderson  (1803-1869)
Lawson Franklin Henderson  (1806-1858)
Jared Irwin Henderson  (1810-1821)
Hugh Lawson Henderson  (1812-1837)
George William Henderson  (1814-1851)
Logan Barry Henderson  (1815-1844)
Walter Carruth Henderson  (1820-1850)
Wallace Alexander Irwin Henderson  (1827-1851)
Sisters 	
Katherine Henderson  (1804-1805)
Mary Henderson Herndon  (1816-1877)
Margaret Sarah Henderson  (1822-1823)
Jane Eliza Henderson  (1824-1825)
Alma Mater	University of North Carolina  (1828)
Occupation	
U.S. Senator from Texas  (1857-1858)
Minister to England and France from the Republic of Texas  (1837-1840)
Lawyer
Death 	
June 4, 1858
Washington, D.C.
(50 years)
Marriages
Frances Cox  (1820-1897)	
Married October 30, 1839
(18 years)
Children
Frances Cox Henderson Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein
(m.1864 Vincenz Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein)	
Born 1843
Died 1921
(78 years)
Julia Biddle Henderson Adams
(m.1868 Edward Adams)	
Born 1846
Died 1902
(56 years)
Martha Lyman Henderson	
Born 1848
Died 1866
(18 years)