Benning Wentworth Jenness (July 14, 1806 November 16, 1879) was a United States Senator from New Hampshire

New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...

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Born in Deerfield

Deerfield, New Hampshire

Deerfield is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,280 at the 2010 census. Deerfield is home to the annual Deerfield Fair.- History :...

, he attended Bradford Academy, Massachusetts and engaged in mercantile pursuits in Strafford, New Hampshire

Strafford, New Hampshire

Strafford is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,991 at the 2010 census. The two main settlements in town are the villages of Center Strafford and Bow Lake Village.- History :...

 from 1826 to 1856. He held several local offices and was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

New Hampshire House of Representatives

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. From 1841 to 1845 he was judge of probate

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 of Strafford County

Strafford County, New Hampshire

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 112,233 people, 42,581 households, and 27,762 families residing in the county. The population density was 304 people per square mile . There were 45,539 housing units at an average density of 124 per square mile...

, and was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi Woodbury

Levi Woodbury

Levi Woodbury was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, a U.S. Senator, Governor of New Hampshire and cabinet member in three administrations. He was the first Justice to have attended law school....

. Jenness served from December 1, 1845, to June 13, 1846, and was an unsuccessful Democratic

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 candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress. He was a member of the state constitutional convention

New Hampshire Constitution

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 in 1850 and was nominated for Governor of New Hampshire

Governor of New Hampshire

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 in 1861 but withdrew. He moved to Ohio

Ohio

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 and engaged in lumbering and banking. Bennett W. Jenness died in Cleveland; interment was in the family cemetery, Strafford, New Hampshire.

External links

• Benning W. Jenness at Find A Grave
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