Alexander G. Penn

Alexander Gordon Penn (born May 10, 1799 in Stella , Patrick County , Virginia , †  May 7, 1866 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1850 and 1853 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In his childhood, Alexander Penn moved with his parents to Lexington , Kentucky . He attended the local public schools and later the Emory and Henry College in Marion (Virginia). In 1821 Penn moved to St. Tammany Parish , Louisiana. There he worked as a planter near Covington . At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

Penn became a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives . Between 1843 and 1849 he was a postman in New Orleans . In the years 1844, 1852, 1856 and 1860 he took part as a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . After the death of MP John H. Harmanson , Penn was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington at the by-election due for the third seat of his state, where he took up his new mandate on December 30, 1850. Since he was confirmed in the regular congressional elections of 1850 , he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1853 . During this period there was much debate about the issue of slavery . Penn was then chairman of the Department of Post's Expenditure Control Committee.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, he returned to St. Tammany Parish. There he worked again as a planter. He also ran a sawmill near Covington. After the end of the Civil War , Alexander Penn moved to Washington, where he died on May 7, 1866.

Web links

• Alexander G. Penn in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Alexander G. Penn in the database of Find a Grave (English)