David Jennings (politician)

David Jennings (* 1787 in Readington , Hunterdon County , New Jersey , †  1834 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American politician . In 1825 and 1826 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Neither the exact date of birth nor the date of death of David Jennings have been recorded. He attended the public schools in his home country. In 1812 he moved to St. Clairsville , Ohio. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1813, he began to work there in his new profession. Between 1815 and 1825 he was a prosecutor in Belmont County . He also held various local offices. Between 1819 and 1824 he was a member of the Ohio Senate . In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party . He was a supporter of President John Quincy Adams .

In the congressional elections of 1824 Jennings was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded John Patterson on March 4, 1825 . He held this mandate until his resignation on May 25, 1826. After his time in the US House of Representatives, David Jennings was no longer politically active. He died in Baltimore in 1834.

Web links

• David Jennings (politicians) in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)