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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Pennington, William
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 Whig to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861) and served as Speaker; unsuccessful Republican candidate for reelection in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress; died in Newark, N.J., February 16, 1862; interment in Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Pennington, William," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1667 Original Sources, accessed June 7, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GZ6EHW7L7HE83UQ.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Pennington, William." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1667, Original Sources. 7 Jun. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GZ6EHW7L7HE83UQ.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Pennington, William' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1667. Original Sources, retrieved 7 June 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GZ6EHW7L7HE83UQ.
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