Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Sr. (July 2, 1810,

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) was an American Whig Party /

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politician who represented in the

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from 1853–1857.

Biography

Born in

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, from 1826 to 1828. He went on to study law, was admitted to the bar in 1833, and commenced practice in

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. He was elected a member of the

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in 1837 and 1838. He served as alderman of Newark from 1837 to 1840. Pennington was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress, serving in Congress from March 4, 1853, to March 3, 1857. He served as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Thirty-fourth Congress. After leaving the Congress, he moved to New York City, where he died January 25, 1867.

Family

He was a grand nephew of 6th

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William Sandford Pennington William Sanford Pennington (1757 – September 17, 1826) was a United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the sixth governor of New Jersey and a United States district judge of ...

, and a cousin of 13th New Jersey Governor and 27th Speaker of the

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. His son,

Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington, Jr. Alexander Cummings McWhorter Pennington Jr. (January 8, 1838 – November 30, 1917) was an artillery officer and brigadier general in the United States Army and a veteran of both the American Civil War and Spanish–American War. Early life and ...

, was a brigadier general in the

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and veteran of both the

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and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pennington, Alexander Cummings Mcwhorter 1810 births 1867 deaths Politicians from Newark, New Jersey Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey New Jersey Oppositionists Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey Members of the New Jersey General Assembly New Jersey lawyers United States Military Academy alumni Burials at Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Newark, New Jersey) 19th-century American politicians Lawyers from Newark, New Jersey 19th-century American lawyers Military personnel from New Jersey

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