James Pinckney Henderson (31 March 1808 – 4 June 1858) was Governor of Texas (D) from 19 February 1846 to 21 December 1847 (succeeding Albert Clinton Horton and preceding George Tyler Wood) and a US Senator from 9 November 1857 to 4 June 1858 (succeeding Thomas Jefferson Rusk and preceding Matthias Ward).
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James Pinckney Henderson was born in Lincolnton, North Carolina in 1808, and he became a lawyer in 1829. In 1835, he moved to Canton, Mississippi, and he later led a group of volunteers to join the Texian Army during the Texas Revolution. He became Attorney General of the Republic of Texas, and, in 1837, he was appointed as minister to Britain and France. In 1840, he set up a private practice in Saint Augustine, and he worked towards Texas' annexation by the United States. In 1845, he was elected as Texas' first governor, serving until 1847. He later went on to serve in the US Senate from 1857 to 1858, and he died in office in 1858.