Philip Henson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American spy
Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1827
Place of Birth: Blount Springs, Alabama, United States
Date of Death: 10-Jan-1911
Profession: spy
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Philip Henson
- Philip Henson (December 28, 1827 - January 10, 1911) was a scout and spy for the Union Army during the American Civil War.
- Upon the election of U.S.
- Grant to the U.S.
- Presidency (1869–1877), Henson became the first Special Secret Service Agent of the United States of America, serving until Grant's death in 1885.
- During the course of his life and careers, Philip Henson would interact with such famous 19th century persons as abolitionist John Brown, Cherokee Chiefs John Ross a.k.a.
- Kooweskoowe and Stand Watie a.k.a.
- Degataga, Tennessee and Texas Governor Sam Houston, actor John Wilkes Booth, Confederate Postmaster General John Henninger Reagan, Confederate Secretary of State Judah Philip Benjamin, U.S.
- Congressman from Illinois Elihu Benjamin Washburne, Union General and Transcontinental Railroad executive Grenville Mellen Dodge, New York political boss William Marcy Tweed, Medal of Honor recipient First Lieutenant Nineveh S.
- McKeen, and the ancestors of 20th century Hollywood legend Cecil B.
- DeMille.
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