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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New Jersey / USWilliam PENNINGTON
(1796-1862)
PENNINGTON, William,
(cousin of Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington), a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, N.J., May 4, 1796;
completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Princeton College
in 1813; clerk of the United States district court 1815-1826;
studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Newark in 1820; member of the State general assembly in 1828;
served as sergeant at law in 1834; Governor of New Jersey from 1837
to 1843; appointed Governor of Minnesota Territory by President
Fillmore but declined to accept; elected as a Republican to the
Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861); Speaker of the
House of Representatives (Thirty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress;
died in Newark, N.J., February 16, 1862; interment in Mount
Pleasant Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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