Barclay Henley was a United States Representative from California

California

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. He was born in Charlestown, Clark County, Indiana

Clark County, Indiana

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. He moved with his parents to San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

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 in 1853 and returned to Indiana

Indiana

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 in 1858. He attended the common schools and Hanover College

Hanover College

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. He returned to San Francisco in 1861 and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1864 and commenced practice in Santa Rosa, California

Santa Rosa, California

Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...

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Henley was a member of the State assembly in 1869 and 1870. He was the district attorney

District attorney

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 of Sonoma County in 1875 and 1876. He was elected as a Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 -March 3, 1887). He again settled in San Francisco and continued the practice of law until his death in that city in 1914. His remains were cremated and the ashes interred in the Santa Rosa Cemetery, Santa Rosa, California.