Asa Wentworth Jr.
Asa Wentworth Jr. (April 4, 1797 – August 7, 1882) was a Vermont businessman and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.
Biography[edit]
Asa Wentworth Jr. was born in Alstead, New Hampshire on April 4, 1797. He was raised and educated in Alstead, became active in business, and represented Alstead as a Whig in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1828 to 1829, and again in 1832.[1]
Wentworth was also active in the New Hampshire militia, and attained the rank of Colonel.[2][3]
Wentworth subsequently relocated to Bellows Falls, Vermont. He was a Vice President of the Bellows Falls Savings Institution, and later a Director of the Bellows Falls National Bank.[4] In addition he operated a hardware business with his brother, A. & J. H. Wentworth.[5]
Active in local government, Wentworth served as Rockingham's Town Treasurer from 1846 to 1870, and was also the longtime Treasurer of Rockingham's School District.[6]
Maintaining his Whig affiliation until joining the Republican Party at its founding, Wentworth served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1838 to 1839 and 1848 to 1849.[7][8]
He served in the Vermont Senate from 1851 to 1852 was Senate President.[9]
Wentworth returned to the Vermont House from 1852 to 1853 and again in 1856.[10]
Wentworth died in Bellows Falls on August 7, 1882. He was buried in Bellows Falls's Immanuel Cemetery.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ Abby Maria Hemenway, The Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Volume 5, 1891, page 515
- ^ John Farmer, G. Parker Lyon, The New Hampshire Annual Register, 1830, page 79
- ^ John Farmer, G. Parker Lyon, The New Hampshire Annual Register, 1831, page 61
- ^ Hamilton Child, Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, Vt., 1724–1884, 1884, page 292
- ^ Hemenway, The Vermont Historical Gazetteer
- ^ Lyman Simpson Hayes, History of the Town of Rockingham, Vermont, 1907, pages 528 to 532
- ^ Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, 1839, page 3
- ^ Albany Evening Journal, September 7, 1848
- ^ Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont, 1851, page 165
- ^ Hayes, History of the Town of Rockingham, Vermont
- ^ Hemenway, The Vermont Historical Gazetteer
- 1797 births
- 1882 deaths
- Members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
- Members of the Vermont House of Representatives
- New Hampshire Whigs
- 19th-century American legislators
- People from Bellows Falls, Vermont
- People from Alstead, New Hampshire
- Vermont Republicans
- Vermont state senators
- Presidents pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
- Vermont Whigs
- Burials in Vermont
- 19th-century New Hampshire politicians