The Honorable John E. Henderson served in the Army of the United States from 1942 until 1946. He rose from the rank of Private to Captain. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in 1942, after completing the Infantry Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Ohio Wesleyan University (Class of 1939) and a T.I.B. from Michigan University (1942). Prior to entering the Army in that year he was admitted to the Ohio Bar Association. From 1952-1954 he served as a Congressional Representative from the State of Ohio. From 1954-1958 he served as a Congressman from Ohio and was a member of the 84th and 85th Congresses.