Henry Vanderford (December 23, 1811 – January 27, 1894) was an American politician and newspaperman from Maryland.
His father was of Queen Anne's County where the Vanderford family owned 1,000 acres (400 ha) of land.
[1][2][3] He studied at Hillsborough Academy and moved to Talbot County with his family and attended school there.
In 1825, he entered the office of Thomas Perrin Smith of the Easton Star.
In 1846, he published the Democratic papers Baltimore Daily News and the Weekly Statesman under the firm Adams, Vanderford & Brown.
In 1840, he was appointed as deputy marshal for Queen Anne's County and acted as the census taker.
[2] He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Carroll County from 1874 to 1876.