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.

Henry Denhardt

See also

List of assassinated American politicians

Sources

The Political Graveyard

Louisville Courier Journal

1876 births

1937 deaths

1930s assassinated politicians

Assassinated American politicians

American murderers

American military personnel of the Spanish–American War

Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky

Deaths by firearm in Kentucky

Politicians from Bowling Green, Kentucky

United States Army generals

United States Army personnel of World War I

Assassinated military personnel

People murdered in Kentucky

People charged with murder

Henry Denhardt