P. A. Henderson

Who was P. A. Henderson?

Parker Adair "P. A." Henderson was the seventh and eleventh Mayor of Miami. He was born in Hampton, Henry County, Georgia where his father owned a series of successful Saw Mills. Parker was 16 when his father first in-trusted him to running one of his saw mills which he ran for 15 years. Parker moved to Miami, Florida in 1906 where he organized the McCrimmon Lumber Company with his brother-in-law C.T. McCrimmon. In 1912, Parker purchased his brother-in-laws interest in the company, renaming it P.A. Henderson Lumber Company. Parker was elected Mayor of Miami in June, 1915 taking office the following November. He was elected again in 1923. Henderson is likely most remembered for controversially attempting to create a policy of 'Prima Nocta' in Miami to curb the exploding minority population.