Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman (January 11, 1804 – April 12, 1890) was an American politician and United States Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan from 1851 to 1853.
Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander W. Buel |
| Succeeded by | David Stuart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 11, 1804 Lansingburgh, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 12, 1890 (aged 86) Plymouth, Michigan, U.S. |
| Resting place | Riverside Cemetery Plymouth, Michigan |
| Citizenship | US |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Maryette Penniman Eliza Connor Penniman |
| Children | Mary Penniman Julius A. Penniman Maryette Penniman Ebenezer Julius Penniman Katrine E. Penniman Allen |
| Profession | Merchant Banker Politician |
Early life
editBorn in Lansingburgh, New York, Penniman attended the common schools and was apprenticed as a printer at the age of thirteen in the office of the New Hampshire Sentinel. When he was eighteen years of age, he bought his indenture and moved to New York City in 1822 to pursue a career in the mercantile business.[1]
Career
editLater, Penniman moved to Orwell, Vermont, where he engaged in business as a dry-goods merchant. In 1840, he moved to Plymouth, Michigan and again engaged as a dry-goods merchant. He also served as supervisor of Plymouth Township in 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1850.
Congress
editIn 1850, Penniman defeated incumbent Democrat Alexander W. Buel to be elected as a Whig from Michigan's 1st congressional district to the Thirty-second Congress, serving from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853.[2] He was the first Plymouth resident elected to the United States Congress.[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852.
He was a member of the convention that met under the oaks at Jackson, Michigan, July 6, 1854, at the organization of the Republican Party in Michigan. He was a delegate to 1856 Republican National Convention from Michigan.
Later
editPenniman resumed mercantile pursuits until the First National Bank of Plymouth was organized in November 1871, and he, at the age of 67, was named president.[4]
Death
editPenniman died in Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan, on April 12, 1890 (age 86 years, 91 days). He is interred at Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, Michigan.
Family life
editThe son of Chiron and Olive Whipple Penniman, he married Maryette and they had two children, Mary and Julius A. Maryette died in 1843 and he then married Eliza Connor with whom he had three children, Maryette, Ebenezer Julius, and Katrine E.
References
edit- ^ Lanman, Charles (1876). Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States: During Its First Century. From Original and Official Sources. J. Anglim, 1876 - United States. p. 329. ISBN 9780722283950.
- ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1914). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits. American Publishers' Association. p. 425.
- ^ Hill, Brian Vincent (2009). Plymouth. Plymouth Historical Society Arcadia Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 9780738560588.
- ^ "Ebenezer J. Penniman". Michigan's American Local History Network. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
External links
edit- United States Congress. "Ebenezer J. Penniman (id: P000212)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
