Henry Markham


Henry Harrison Markham was a Republican United States Representative from California from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1887. Declining to run for reelection to Congress in 1886, he ran four years later to become the 18th governor of California, serving from January 8, 1891 until January 11, 1895.

Markham was born in Wilmington, New York. During the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Company G, 32nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment he was promoted to second lieutenant. Markham was part of General William Tecumseh Shermans March to the Sea in 1864. He was wounded at the battle of Whippy in 1865, and discharged.

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