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Henry Denhardt

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Henry Denhardt
34th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
In office
1923–1927
Preceded byS. Thruston Ballard
Succeeded byJames Breathitt Jr.
Personal details
BornMarch 8, 1876
Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedSeptember 20, 1937 (aged 61)
Shelbyville, Kentucky, U.S.

Henry H. Denhardt (March 8, 1876 – September 20, 1937) was a Democratic American politician and retired brigadier general in the United States Army, who served as the 34th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1923 to 1927, under Governor William J. Fields.

Denhardt was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In November, 1936 he was charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Verna Garr Taylor, and tried in New Castle, Kentucky. The trial ended with a hung jury. Before he could be tried a second time, he was shot to death by Taylor's brothers at the Armstrong Hotel in Shelbyville, Kentucky on September 20, 1937.

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Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
1923–1927
Succeeded by