Isaac S. Pennybacker

Isaac S. Pennybacker

Isaac Samuels Pennybacker (born September 3, 1805 at New Market , Shenandoah County , Virginia , †  January 12, 1847 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ) who served the state of Virginia in both chambers of Congress represented. He was also a federal judge .

After attending school, he studied law at the Law School in Winchester and practiced later as a lawyer in Harrisonburg . His political career began very quickly with the election to the US House of Representatives , where he remained from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1839.

As a result, he suggested several options for his political future. He renounced the office of US attorney general , which US President Martin Van Buren had offered him, as well as a post as a judge on the Supreme Court of Virginia and the nomination of his party for the election of the state governor . Ultimately, he accepted President Van Buren's nomination as judge in the United States District Court for the western judicial district of Virginia. He took the place of the late Alexander Caldwell there after confirmation by the US Senate on February 17, 1840 .

In 1845 he resigned his judicial office after being elected to the US Senate. The state legislature of Virginia could not agree on a candidate in the first ballot, so that Pennybacker did not take up the vacant mandate until December 3, 1845. During his time in the Senate, US President James K. Polk also appointed him to the first governing body ( Board of Regents ) of the Smithsonian Institution , which includes George M. Dallas , Robert Dale Owen , Richard Rush , Benjamin Rush and Alexander Dallas Bache belonged to.

Isaac Pennybacker died at the age of 41 just 13 months after taking office in Washington. James Murray Mason took his Senate seat .

Web links

• Isaac S. Pennybacker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Isaac S. Pennybacker in the database of Find a Grave (English)