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William Pennington (
May 4,
1796 –
February 16,
1862) was an
American Whig Party and early
Democratic-Republican Party politician and lawyer, the
13th Governor of
New Jersey, and
Speaker of the House during his one term in Congress.
Born in
Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from the College of New Jersey (now
Princeton University) in 1813 and then studied law with
Theodore Frelinghuysen. He was admitted to the bar in 1817 and served as a clerk of the
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (where his father was a judge) from 1817 to 1826.
As a member of the
Whig party, he was elected to the
New Jersey General Assembly in 1828, and then was elected
Governor of New Jersey annually from 1837 to 1843. His tenure as governor was marked by the "
Broad Seal War" controversy. Following a disputed election for Congressional Representatives in New Jersey, Pennington certified the election of five Whig candidates while five Democrats were certified by the Democratic
Secretary of State. After a lengthy dispute, the Democrats were eventually seated.
He was appointed Governor of
Minnesota Territory by
President Millard Fillmore, but declined to accept the position.
He was elected as a
Republican to the
36th Congress to represent
New Jersey's 5th congressional district. During his first (and only) term, he was elected
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives after months where the House was unable to decide on a candidate (the Republicans had a plurality, but not a majority, and the Southern Oppositionists who held the balance of power were unwilling to support either a radical Republican or a Democrat). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860 to the
37th Congress.
He died in
Newark and was interred at
Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark.
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