YEARS 1784-1834
OFFICE Delegate, Representative
STATE Indiana
POLITICAL PARTY Adams, Anti-Jacksonian, Jackson Republican, Republican
WHICH CONGRESS SERVED 11th (1809-1811), 12th (1811-1813), 13th (1813-1815), 14th (1815-1817), 17th (1821-1823), 18th (1823-1825), 19th (1825-1827), 20th (1827-1829), 21st (1829-1831)
Delegate, Representative Jonathan JENNINGS Biography
JENNINGS, Jonathan, a Delegate from the Territory of Indiana and a Representative from Indiana; born in Hunterdon County, N.J., in 1784; moved about the year 1790 to Fayette County, Pa., with his parents, who settled near Dunlap’s Creek; attended a grammar school conducted by Rev. John McMillin at Canonsburg, Pa.; moved to Indiana Territory in 1806 and settled at Jeffersonville; studied law and commenced the practice of law; moved to Vincennes in 1807; was admitted to the bar and continued his legal profession; clerk to the receiver of public money; became assistant to the clerk of the house of representatives of the Territorial government in 1807; engaged in newspaper work in 1808; moved to Clark County in 1809 and settled in Charlestown; elected a Delegate to the Eleventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from November 27, 1809, to December 11, 1816, when the Territory was admitted as a State into the Union; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1816 and served as president; elected Governor of Indiana in December 1816 and served until 1822; member of the commission to negotiate a treaty with the Indians for lands in 1818; elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Hendricks; reelected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress; reelected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress; and served from December 2, 1822, to March 3, 1831; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830; retired to his farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits; in 1832 served as a commissioner to negotiate with the Indians for the purchase of lands in northern Indiana and southern Michigan; died near Charlestown, Ind., July 26, 1834; interment in Charlestown Cemetery. View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
External Research Collections
Indiana Historical Society Indianapolis, IN Papers: In the John K. Graham Family papers, 1786-1967, 5 boxes, 2 file card boxes, 23 bound volumes, and 5 reels of microfilm. Correspondents include Jonathan Jennings. A finding aid is available in the library. Papers: In the Albert G. Porter (Albert Gallatin) papers, ca. 1824-1934, 8 items. Correspondents include Jonathan Jennings. Papers: In the papers of Charles Lanman, 1828-1869, 1 box. Correspondents include Jonathan Jennings. Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library Durham, NC Papers: In the letters of Hiram Cassel Boone, 1820-1832, 4 items. Collection includes 1 letter from Jonathan Jennings concerning Boone’s claim against the government. Indiana State Library Indianapolis, IN Papers: 1806-1927, 1 box. Collection primarily consists of Photostat copies of Jennings’ correspondence and a few original letters. The collection also includes correspondence of J. Julian Baily regarding his research on Jonathan Jennings. Papers: In the Lasselle Family papers, 1713-1904, 18 boxes and 93 volumes. Subjects include Jonathan Jennings. Papers: In the papers of Isaac Naylor, 1818-1888, 28 items. Correspondents include Jonathan Jennings. Indiana University Lilly Library Bloomington, IN Papers: In the William Henry Harrison papers, ca. 1779-1922, 797 items. Other authors include Jonathan Jennings. A finding aid is available in the library and online. The Library of Virginia Richmond, VA Papers: In the executive papers of Governor Thomas Mann Randolph, 1819-1822, 4.33 cubic feet. Correspondents include Jonathan Jennings. Missouri University of Science and Technology Western Historical Manuscript Manuscript Collection-Rolla Rolla, MO Papers: In the papers of Ellis and Ranney families, 1787-1948, 10 folders and 1 roll microfilm. Collection includes 1 letter from Jonathan Jennings to Col. Stephen Ranney, dated January 22, 1823. Southold Historical Society Southold, NY Papers: Account book collection, 1772-1948, 30 volumes. Collection includes two account books and a receipt book of Jonathan Jennings. University of Chicago Library Special Collections Research Center Chicago, IL Papers: In the William Hayden English papers, 1822-1896, 3.75 linear feet. Subjects include Jonathan Jennings. Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library New Haven, CT Papers: Jonathan Jennings letters to David G. Mitchell, 1807-1887, 5 items. Collection contains 5 letters from Jonathan Jennings. University of Chicago University of Chicago Library Chicago, IL Papers: In the papers of William H. English, 1762-1895, 4 linear feet. Correspondents include Jonathan Jennings.
Bibliography
Jennings, Jonathan. Unedited letters of Jonathan Jennings. Indianapolis: The Society, 1932. Mills, Randy Keith. Jonathan Jennings: Indiana’s First Governor. Indianapolis, Ind.: Indiana Historical Society Press, 2005.
Jonathan JENNINGS Committee Assignments
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