Background
Denhardt, Henry H. was born on March 8, 1876 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. Son of William and Margaret (Denhardt) Denhardt.
Denhardt, Henry H. was born on March 8, 1876 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. Son of William and Margaret (Denhardt) Denhardt.
Student Ogden College, Bowling Green. Student Arty.
Admitted to Kentucky bar, 1899, and began practice at Bowling Green. President Times Journal Public Company Prospective attorney City of Bowling Green, 1900-1910. Judge Warren County (Kentucky) Court, 1910-1918.
Delegate from state at large to Democratic National Convention, 1924. Lieutenant governor of Kentucky, 1923-1927. Officer Kentucky National Guard, June 1898.
Major 3rd Kentucky Infantry, Mexican border service, 1916-1917. Major 3d Kentucky Infantry, with 139th Field Artillery and 319th Field Artillery, 1917-1918, lieutenant colonel Field Artillery, 1918-1919. Participated in St. Mihiel and Argonne-Meuse offensives.
Cited and promoted; honorary discharge, March 22, 1919. Now brigadier general commanding 75th Brigade, National Guard, United States of America, comprising 149th Kentucky Infantry and 150th West Virginia Infantry. Commanded troops during riots at Newport, Kentucky, 1921-1922.
Serving as adjutant general of Kentucky, December 1931-December 1935. Chairman Kentucky Disabled Ex-Service Men’s Board. Vice-president and former member legislative committee National Guard Association of the United States Former moderator Kentucky Synod Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Mason. Had charge of rescue of Floyd Collins, cave explorer, 1925. Presented saddle horse by citizens of Newport, and silver service, by citizens of Fort Thomas, for quelling riots.