William Wirt Henry

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For the Union Army General from Vermont, see William W. Henry.

William Wirt Henry (February 14, 1831 - December 5, 1900) was a Virginia lawyer and politician, historian and writer, a biographer of Patrick Henry his grandfather, and who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly, and was president of The Virginia Bar Association and the American Historical Association.

Born in Charlotte County, Virginia, Henry graduated from the University of Virginia, and was admitted to the bar in 1853. He served in the Confederate Army. After the War, he moved his practice to Richmond in 1873, and specialized in appellate advocacy, and was elected two terms in the Virginia House of Delegates and a term in the Senate of Virginia.1

Henry served as president of the American Historical Association in 1891,2 and was president of the Virginia Historical Society for 1891-92.3 Henry collected and wrote a three-volume work, Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence and Speeches,4 of which the first volume was first published in 1891. Henry also wrote on the trials of Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis.5 He also wrote widely-cited articles about Captain John Smith6 and Sir Walter Raleigh.

Henry served as president of The Virginia Bar Association in 1896-97,7 and was a vice-president of the American Bar Association, which included his obituary in its annual report for 1900.8 Henry received honorary law degrees from both the College of William & Mary9 and Washington & Lee University.10

Notes and references

  1. ^ "THE ORATOR OF THE DAY.; Character and Tastes of William Wirt Henry of Virginia". The New York Times, September 19, 1893. Retrieved on March 8, 2008.
  2. ^ "Presidential address of William Wirt Henry, 1891". The American Historical Association. Retrieved on March 7, 2008.
  3. ^ "Annual Report, 2006". Virginia Historical Society. Retrieved on March 7, 2008.
  4. ^ Henry, William Wirt (2006). Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence and Speeches, vol. 1. Kessinger Publishing (accessed via Google Books). ISBN 1428631151. 
  5. ^ Henry, William Wirt, et al. (2006). The Trial of Aaron Burr and the Trials of Jefferson Davis. Kessinger Publishing (accessed via Google Books). ISBN 1428657614. 
  6. ^ "Was John Smith a Liar?". American Heritage, October 1958 (citing Wirt). Retrieved on March 7, 2008.
  7. ^ "VBA History and Heritage". The Virginia Bar Association. Retrieved on March 7, 2008.
  8. ^ Report of the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association. American Bar Association (accessed via Google Books). 
  9. ^ "Honorary degree recipients". Swem Library, College of William & Mary. Retrieved on March 7, 2008.
  10. ^ "Honorary degrees conferred". Washington & Lee University. Retrieved on March 7, 2008.
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