Ebenezer Penniman | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander W. Buel |
| Succeeded by | David Stuart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman (1804-01-11)January 11, 1804 Lansingburgh, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 12, 1890(1890-04-12) (aged 86) Plymouth, Michigan, U.S. |
| Resting place | Riverside Cemetery Plymouth, Michigan |
| Citizenship | US |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Maryette Penniman Eliza Connor Penniman |
| Children | Mary Penniman Julius A. Penniman Maryette Penniman Ebenezer Julius Penniman Katrine E. Penniman Allen |
| Profession | Merchant banker politician |
Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman (January 11, 1804 – April 12, 1890) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as aUnited States Representative from Michigan from 1851 to 1853.
Born inLansingburgh, New York, Penniman attended the common schools and was apprenticed as a printer at the age of thirteen in the office of theNew Hampshire Sentinel. When he was eighteen years of age, he bought his indenture and moved to New York City in 1822 to pursue a career in the mercantile business.[1]
Penniman later moved to Orwell, Vermont, where he engaged in business as a dry-goods merchant. In 1840 he moved toPlymouth, Michigan and again engaged as a dry-goods merchant. He also served as supervisor ofPlymouth Township in 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1850.
In 1850 Penniman defeated incumbentDemocratAlexander W. Buel to be elected as aWhig fromMichigan's 1st congressional district to theThirty-second Congress, serving from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853.[2] He was the first Plymouth resident elected to theUnited States Congress.[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852.
He was a member of the convention that met under the oaks atJackson, Michigan, July 6, 1854, at the organization of theRepublican Party in Michigan. He was a delegate to1856 Republican National Convention from Michigan.
Penniman resumed mercantile pursuits until the First National Bank of Plymouth was organized in November 1871, and he, at the age of 67, was named president.[4]
Penniman died in Plymouth, Wayne County, Michigan, on April 12, 1890 (age 86 years, 91 days). He isinterred at Riverside Cemetery, Plymouth, Michigan.
The son of Chiron and Olive Whipple Penniman, he married Maryette and they had two children, Mary and Julius A. Maryette died in 1843 and he then married Eliza Connor with whom he had three children, Maryette, Ebenezer Julius, and Katrine E.
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| Preceded by | United States Representative for the 1st Congressional District of Michigan 1851 – 1853 | Succeeded by |
