Winder Laird Henry

Winder Laird Henry (December 20, 1864 – July 5, 1940) was an American politician and judge from Maryland.

Henry was born on December 20, 1864, at Hambrooks near Cambridge, Maryland, and attended the public schools as a youth.

[1] He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert Franklin Brattan and served from November 6, 1894, to March 3, 1895, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1894.

He was appointed chief judge of the first judicial circuit in May 1908 and served until October 1, 1909, when he resumed the practice of law in Cambridge.

[1] He also engaged in banking and was a member of the Maryland Public Service Commission from August 1, 1914 to June 1, 1916.