Samuel P. Henry

{{Short description|American politician (1830–1902)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Use American English|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = |office = Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives |term_start = 1888 |term_end = 1892 |predecessor = Henry W. Ogden |successor = George W. Bolton |office1 = Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives |term_start1 = 1896 |term_end1 = 1900 |predecessor1 = George W. Bolton |successor1 = Jared Y. Sanders Sr. |birth_name = |birth_date = 1830 |birth_place = Lancaster, Pennsylvania |death_date = March 17, 1902 |death_place = Cameron, Louisiana |party = Democratic }} '''Samuel P. Henry''' was an American state legislator in Louisiana who served as the 41st and 43rd speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1888 to 1892 and 1896 to 1900. He represented Cameron Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1880 to 1892 and again in 1896 to 1901 as part of the Democratic Party.<ref>{{cite web |title=House Membership: Historical Listing |url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf |website=house.louisiana.gov |access-date=2025-10-17}}</ref>

Henry lead the movement to separate Calcasieu Parish into Cameron Parish, where he held office as a judge, post master, president of the school board, and treasurer of the parish before serving in the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web |title=Parish History |url=https://cameronpj.org/parish-history/ |website=Cameron Parish Police Jury}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Tingler |first1=Andrew Edward |title=Cameron Parish |date=11 July 2022 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4671-0843-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r15wEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA12&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q&f=false |language=en}}</ref>

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