Alexander Gordon Penn (May 10, 1799 – May 7, 1866) was aU.S. representative fromLouisiana.

Born near Stella, Virginia, Penn moved with his parents toLexington, Kentucky; he then completed preparatory studies and attendedEmory and Henry College,Marion, Virginia. Later he moved to the parish of St. Tammany, Louisiana, in 1821 and engaged in planting near Covington. He served in the State house of representatives.Postmaster of New Orleans from December 19, 1843, to April 18, 1849.He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1844, 1852, 1856, and 1860.

Penn was elected as aDemocrat to the Thirty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John H. Harmanson.He was reelected to the Thirty-second Congress and served from December 30, 1850, to March 3, 1853.He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Thirty-second Congress).He returned to St. Tammany Parish and engaged in planting and the operation of a lumber mill near Covington.

At the conclusion of theCivil War, Penn returned toWashington, D.C. He died there on May 7, 1866, and was interred inGlenwood Cemetery.^[1]

• Bailey, N. Louise; Morgan, Mary L.; Taylor, Carolyn R. (1986).Biographical Directory of the South Carolina Senate: 1776-1985. Volume 1. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press.ISBN 0872494799.

• United States Congress."Alexander G. Penn (id: P000210)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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