Horace Addison Tenney (February 22, 1820March 13, 1906) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and Republican politician. He served one term in the

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, representing north-central

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, and was a regent of the

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Biography

Born in

Grand Isle, Vermont Grand Isle is a town on Grand Isle in Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,086 at the 2020 census. A landing for the Lake Champlain Transportation Company's ferry to Plattsburgh, New York, at Cumberland Head is lo ...

, Tenney moved with his parents to

Elyria, Ohio Elyria ( ) is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the forks of the Black River (Ohio), Black River in Northeast Ohio, southwest of Cleveland. The population was 52,656 at the 2020 United States cens ...

in 1833. In 1841, Tenney was admitted to the Ohio bar and practiced law. In 1842, he started the '' Elyria Lorain Republican'' newspaper. Then, in 1843, Tenney was elected prosecuting attorney of

Lorain County, Ohio Lorain County () is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,964. Its county seat is Elyria, and its largest city is Lorain. The county was physically established in 1822, beco ...

. Tenney moved to

Galena, Illinois Galena is the largest city in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. It had a population of 3,308 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. A section of the city is listed on the National Register of Historic Plac ...

in 1845 and started the '' Galena Jeffersonian'' newspaper with his brother. He moved to

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, in 1846 and was co-owner of the '' Wisconsin Argus'' newspaper. Tenney was the Wisconsin territorial printer in 1846 and 1847, and was the reporter of the two Wisconsin Constitutional Conventions. He was also the Wisconsin assistant state geologist. He served in the

in 1857 as a Republican. Tenney served as president of the Village of Madison in 1853 and 1854. He was a regent of the

. During the

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, Tenney was paymaster for the Union Army. He was in charge of the United States Mail for Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and the Dakota Territory. During the 1870s, he was involved with the editorial staff of some Chicago newspapers. In the United States election of 1878, Tenney ran for the

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on the

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