Background
Jenness, Benning Wentworth was born on July 14, 1806 in Deerfield, New Hampshire, United States.
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Jenness, Benning Wentworth was born on July 14, 1806 in Deerfield, New Hampshire, United States.
Born in Deerfield, he attended Bradford Academy, Massachusetts and engaged in mercantile pursuits in Strafford, New Hampshire from 1826 to 1856.
From 1841 to 1845 he was judge of probate of Strafford County, and was appointed to the United States. 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 moved to Ohio and engaged in lumbering and banking.
Bennett West. Jenness died in Cleveland.
Interment was in the family cemetery, Strafford, New Hampshire.
He held several local offices and was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1850 and was nominated for Governor of New Hampshire in 1861 but withdrew.