Henry Craft

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Henry N. Craft Jr. (October 19, 1949 – December 19, 2024) was an American politician from Tennessee. A Republican, he served in the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 90th district from 1973 to 1975, succeeding William V. Lawson Jr. and followed by John W. Spence.

Craft was born in Proctor, Arkansas, and moved to Memphis at age 12. He graduated from Memphis University School in 1967, Vanderbilt University in 1971, and the Mississippi College School of Law in 1980. While in law school, he upset the incumbent in the Republican primary for the Memphis-based 90th district and won the seat in 1972 by a large margin, but he was defeated by Democrat John W. Spence in 1974.

Craft later became a Libertarian. He practiced law in Memphis, then worked at the Commodity Exchange in New York from 1989 to 2000 before moving to Chattanooga. He died on December 19, 2024.