Ebenezer J. Penniman

Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman (born January 11, 1804 in Lansingburgh , Rensselaer County , New York , †  April 12, 1890 in Plymouth , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ebenezer Penniman attended public schools in his home country and then completed an apprenticeship in the printing trade. In 1822 he moved to New York City and later to Orwell , Vermont , where he traded haberdashery. In 1840, after moving again to Plymouth, Michigan, he was also active in the haberdashery trade.

Politically, Penniman became a member of the Whig Party . In the meantime he was mayor ( supervisor ) of Plymouth Township . In the congressional elections of 1850 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Alexander W. Buel on March 4, 1851 , whom he had defeated in the election. Since he renounced another candidacy in 1852, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1853 . This was determined by the discussions about slavery in the run-up to the civil war .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Penniman remained active in trading until 1871. He then went into banking and became President of the First National Bank of Plymouth . After the Whigs disbanded, he became a founding member of the Republican Party in 1854 . In 1856 he was a delegate to the first Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , at which John C. Frémont was nominated as a candidate for president. Ebenezer Penniman died in Plymouth on April 12, 1890. He was married twice and had a daughter.

Web links

• Ebenezer J. Penniman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ebenezer J. Penniman in the database of Find a Grave (English)