William Denning

William Denning

William Denning (April 1740 - October 30, 1819 in New York City ) was an American politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives in 1809 and 1810 .

Career

William Denning was born in probably St. John's , Newfoundland during the English colonial period and spent the first few years there. His family then moved to New York City, where he later went into commercial business. He was actively involved in the revolutionary movement. In 1775 he was a member of the Committee of One Hundred . As a deputy he took part in the Provincial Congress of New York between 1775 and 1777 and as a member of the State Convention in 1776 and 1777. After the Revolutionary War , he sat in the New York State Assembly from 1784 to 1787 and in the New York Senate from 1798 to 1808 . During this time he was a member of the Council of Appointment in 1799 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . In the 1808 congressional election , Denning was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of New York , where on March 4, 1809 he succeeded Gurdon S. Mumford and George Clinton junior , who had previously been second together and third district in the US House of Representatives. Denning resigned from his congress seat in 1810. He died in New York City on October 30, 1819, and was then buried in the Church of St. Paul's Cemetery.

literature

• Weed, Parsons & Co .: The New York Civil List , 1858, pp. 69, 117, 119f., 140, 162, 171.

Web links

• William Denning in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)