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Henry Clay Harris (Covington, KY, attorney)

b. 1810 d. 1865

Kenton County, Kentucky, politician, attorney, and Provisional Congress nominee (C.S.A). Kentucky native. Married to Rhoda H. Harris. Father of Letitia Harris, Louisa Harris, Helen Harris, Thomas Harris, Bob Harris, and Jerry South Harris. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1834, 1835, and 1838. Member of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1843 to 1847. Attorney in Kenton County in 1850. Attorney in Kenton County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Kenton County in 1860. Unsuccessful candidate for Provisional Congress (C.S.A.) from Kenton County on December 11, 1861.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 4, p. 268A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 5, p. 675.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 4, p. 316B.

Find A Grave, "Henry Clay Harris (1810-1865)," Memorial #96024034, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96024034 (accessed February 10, 2020).

Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), p. 237.

KYR-0004-033-0025.

Citation

Harris, Henry Clay. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32199490 (November 12, 2026).

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