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Henderson, Hon. John B. of Mo., between 1865 and 1880. Delegate to Democratic National Convention at Charleston S.C. in 1861. (Henderson Castle) Brig. Gen. in state military in 1861. [Politician, soldier: co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution (permanently prohibiting slavery in the United States); brigadier general in the Missouri State Militia of the Union Army].