Henry K. Nash

Henry K. Nash (January 25, 1817 – November 3, 1897) was an American politician from North Carolina.

Henry K. Nash was born on January 25, 1817, as the second son of Frederick Nash. His father was a chief justice.^[1][2] He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1836.^[2]

Nash was a lawyer in Hillsborough.^[3][4] He was a Whig.^[2] He served as a member of the North Carolina House of Commons, representing Orange County from 1842 to 1843.^[5] In 1843, Nash was the Whig nominee for district 7 of the U.S. House of Representatives, but he lost the election to John R. J. Daniel.^[6][7] In 1844, he withdrew himself from consideration for the Whig nomination in the House of Commons election.^[8] In 1849, he ran as a Whig for the district 5 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost to incumbent Abraham Watkins Venable.^[9][10] He was a delegate to the 1844 and 1852 Whig National Conventions.^[11][12]

In 1850, Nash succeeded Priestly H. Mangum as solicitor of Orange County.^[13] In 1860, he declined the Whig nomination for the House of Commons.^[14] In March 1861, he ran as a Disunionist for the North Carolina state convention, but lost to William Alexander Graham and John Berry.^[15][16] He lost again to Graham and Berry in May 1861 for the next state convention.^[17]

Nash married Mary A. Simpson, daughter of Samuel Simpson, of New Bern on October 23, 1838.^[1][18] He had a son and four daughters, Henry K. Jr., Sally, Annie, Sue, and Mrs. William L. DeRosset.^{[19][20][21][22]} He was a member of the Episcopal Church. He lived in Hillsborough.^[4]

Nash died on November 3, 1897, in Tarboro, North Carolina. He was buried in Hillsborough.^[4]