David N. Henderson

A Representative from North Carolina. Born on a farm near Hubert, Onslow County, N. C. , April 16, 1921. B. S. , Wallace High School, Wallace, N. C. , 1938. LL. B. , Davidson College, Davidson, N. C. ,1942. Graduated from University of North Carolina Law School, 1949. United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1946. Lawyer, private practice. Assistant general counsel to the Committee on Education and Labor, United States House of Representatives, 1951-1952. Solicitor of Duplin County, N. C. , General Court, 1954-1958. Duplin County, N. C. , judge, 1958-1960. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1977). Chair, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (Ninety-fourth Congress). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976. Died on January 13, 2004, in Wilmington, N. C. Interment at Rockfish Cemetery, Wallace, N. C.