George Washington Henley, Jr. (May 13, 1890 – February 19, 1965) was a justice of the Indiana Supreme Court for two months, from March 15, 1955, to May 23, 1955.
On February 25, 1955, Justice Frank E. Gilkison died, leaving a vacancy in the court. On March 15, 1955, Governor George N. Craig appointed Henley to the seat.[1] Henley agreed to the appointment with the understanding that he would serve until the end of the court's term, on May 21, as he could not afford to be away from his private practice longer than that.[2] Henley "told the press that he did not want the appointment, but he only wanted the prestige of having served".[1] On April 14, 1955, Craig announced Henley's imminent resignation, and on May 23, 1955, Craig appointed Norman Arterburn to the seat, supplanting Henley;[1] Arterburn would go on to serve for 22 years.
^ abcdeMinde C. Browning, Richard Humphrey, and Bruce Kleinschmidt, "Biographical Sketches of Indiana Supreme Court Justices", Indiana Law Review, Vol. 30, No. 1 (1997), section reproduced in Indiana Courts Justice Biographies pages 335-336.
^ abcdColleen Kristl Pauwels, "George W. Henley Jr.", in Linda C. Gugin, James E. St. Clair, eds., Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court (2010), p. 343-345.
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