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[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
[[Tulane University]]
[[Tulane University]]
[[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard University]]
[[Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard University]]
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'''John Cameron Henry, Jr.''' (born November 1, 1974), is an [[United States|American]] state legislator and [[business]]man from etairie in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. An incoming state senator, Henry will succeed the term-limited Conrad Appel on January 13 , 2020. In his Senate race on October 12, 2019, Henry defeated another Republican, Jon "Frankie" Hyers, 23,647 (78 percent) to 6,524 (22 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
'''John Cameron Henry, Jr.''' (born November 1, 1974), is an [[United States|American]] state legislator and [[business]]man from Metairie in Jefferson Parish in [[suburb]]an [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. An incoming state senator, Henry, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], will succeed the term-limited Conrad Appel on January 13 , 2020. In his Senate race on October 12, 2019, Henry defeated another Republican, Jon "Frankie" Hyers, 23,647 (78 percent) to 6,524 (22 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Henry graduated from the [[Roman Catholic]] Jesuit High School in New Orleans. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He then completed the requirements for a [[Master of Business Administration]] from [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans. He also studied at the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard University]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. He is affiliated with BearingPoint, Inc., a management and technology consulting firm in New Orleans. He formerly taught as an adjunct professor in the business and technology of Delgado Community College in New Orleans. He and his wife, the former Jamie Domilise , reside in Metairie with their four children.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/Newmembers1.asp?ID=82|title=Representative John Cameron Henry|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives]]|accessdate=November 29, 2019}}</ref>
Henry graduated from the [[Roman Catholic]] Jesuit High School in New Orleans. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. He then completed the requirements for a [[Master of Business Administration]] from [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans. He also studied at the [[Kennedy School of Government]] at [[Harvard University]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. He is affiliated with BearingPoint, Inc., a management and technology consulting firm in New Orleans. He formerly taught as an adjunct professor in the business and technology of Delgado Community College in New Orleans. He and his wife, the former Jamie Domilise , reside in Metairie with their four children.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/Newmembers1.asp?ID=82|title=Representative John Cameron Henry|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives]]|accessdate=November 29, 2019}}</ref>
==Political life==
==Political life==
From 2008 to 2020, Henry was the state representative for District 82 in Jefferson and Orleans parishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 |publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=November 29, 2019}}</ref> In January 2016, Henry was an unsuccessful candidate for state House [[Speaker]] though he led on the first ballot against the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Walt Leger, III, of New Orleans. Henry withdrew in favor of the consensus choice, fellow Republican [[Taylor Barras]] of New Iberia. Until 2016, the Louisiana House had routinely ratified a governor's choice for Speaker, but Barras, who had not been previously mentioned as a candidate, won the majority on the second ballot.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show],'' December 17 and January 11, 2015.</ref> Henry was previously allied with former [[United States Senator]] [[David Vitter]], who left politics when Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]] defeated Vitter for governor in 2015 in a hard-fought race to succeed Jindal.
Henry is a former member of the Jefferson Parish School Board. He was an aide to [[Steve Scalise]], his predecessor in House District 82, now the [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 1st congressional district and the House Majority Whip when the Republicans had the majority in the U.S. House.
Henry is a former member of the Jefferson Parish School Board. He was an aide to [[Steve Scalise]], his predecessor in House District 82, now the [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 1st congressional district and the House Majority Whip when the Republicans had the majority in the U.S. House.