Benning Wentworth Jenness (July 14,1806 –November 16,1879) was a United States senator from New Hampshire.
Born in Deerfield,he attended Bradford Academy,Massachusetts and engaged in mercantile pursuits in Strafford,New Hampshire from 1826 to 1856. He held several local offices and was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. From 1841 to 1845 he was judge of probate of Strafford County,and was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi Woodbury. Jenness served from December 1,1845,to June 13,1846,and was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1850 and was nominated for Governor of New Hampshire in 1861 but withdrew. He moved to Ohio and engaged in lumbering and banking. Bennett W. Jenness died in Cleveland;interment was in the family cemetery,Strafford,New Hampshire.
Strafford County is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 census,the population was 130,889. Its county seat is Dover. Strafford County was one of the five original counties identified for New Hampshire in 1769. It was named after William Wentworth,2nd Earl of Strafford in the mistaken belief that he was the ancestor of governor John Wentworth –although they were distantly related,William had no descendants. The county was organized at Dover in 1771. In 1840,the size of the original county was reduced with the creation of Belknap County.
Sanbornton is a town in Belknap County,New Hampshire,United States. The population was 3,026 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of North Sanbornton and Gaza.
Deerfield is a town in Rockingham County,New Hampshire,United States. The population was 4,855 at the 2020 census,up from 4,280 in 2010. Deerfield is the location of the annual Deerfield Fair.
Somersworth is a city in Strafford County,New Hampshire,United States. The population was 11,855 at the 2020 census. Somersworth has the smallest area and third-lowest population of New Hampshire's 13 cities.
Strafford is a town in Strafford County,New Hampshire,United States. The population was 4,230 at the 2020 census. The two main settlements in town are Center Strafford and Bow Lake Village.
John Parker Hale was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and in the United States Senate from 1847 to 1853 and again from 1855 to 1865. He began his congressional career as a Democrat,but helped establish the anti-slavery Free Soil Party and eventually joined the Republican Party.
John Wentworth Jr. was a Founding Father of the United States and a lawyer who served as a New Hampshire delegate to the Continental Congress,where he signed the Articles of Confederation.
The New Hampshire Grants or Benning Wentworth Grants were land grants made between 1749 and 1764 by the colonial governor of the Province of New Hampshire,Benning Wentworth. The land grants,totaling about 135,were made on land claimed by New Hampshire west of the Connecticut River,territory that was also claimed by the Province of New York. The resulting dispute led to the eventual establishment of the Vermont Republic,which later became the U.S. state of Vermont.
Irving Webster Drew was a United States senator from New Hampshire. Born in Colebrook,he attended Kimball Union Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1870. He moved to Lancaster,New Hampshire,where he studied law,and was admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced practice in Lancaster. He was appointed major of the New Hampshire National Guard in 1876 and served three years. Between 1883 and 1884,he was a member of the New Hampshire Senate. He left the Democratic Party in 1896 and became a member of the Republican Party. In 1899,he was president of the New Hampshire Bar Association. He was a delegate to the State constitutional conventions in 1902 and 1912,and engaged in banking and the railroad business.
Jonathan Freeman was an American politician and a United States representative from New Hampshire.
Josiah Butler was an American politician and a United States representative from New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire Democratic Party (NHDP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. Its chair is Raymond Buckley,and its vice chairs are Martha Fuller Clark and Bette Lasky. The most recent Democratic governor was Maggie Hassan,who served from 2013 to 2017.
James Farrington was an American physician,banker and politician from New Hampshire. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives,the New Hampshire Senate and the New Hampshire House of Representatives in the early 1800s.
Daniel Meserve Durell was an American attorney and Democratic-Republican politician in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in the early 1800s.
David Barker Jr. was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.
John Holmes Burleigh was a nineteenth-century politician,sailor,manufacturer and banker from Maine. He was the son of the former U.S. representative from Maine,William Burleigh,who also represented the 1st district.
Joseph M. Bell was a New Hampshire and Massachusetts lawyer,abolitionist,and politician. Bell served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1821 and from 1828 to 1830 and the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1845 to 1847. He served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1848 to 1849 and President of the Massachusetts Senate in 1849.
The members of the Wentworth family of both the U.S. and Australia,as listed below,are descended from Thomas Wentworth and Jane,the daughter of Sir Oliver Mirfield. Sir Oliver died about 1522. The American Wentworths of New Hampshire are descended from Thomas' son Oliver. The Wentworth branch of Virginia and Maryland,and the Australian Wentworths,are descended from another son Roger. The Wentworth family,along with the Arden family,the Berkeley family,the Swinton family,and the Grindlay family,is descended in the male line from pre-Norman Conquest Anglo-Saxon roots.