Stephen S. Fenn
Stephen S. Fenn | |
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Delegate to theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromIdaho Territory | |
In office June 23, 1876 – March 3, 1879 | |
Preceded by | Thomas W. Bennett |
Succeeded by | George Ainslie |
Member of theIdaho Territorial House of Representatives | |
In office 1872–1873 | |
Constituency | Nez Perce County |
Member of theIdaho Territorial Council | |
In office 1864–1867 | |
Constituency | Idaho County |
Personal details | |
Born | Watertown,Connecticut | March 28, 1820
Died | December 8, 1892 Blackfoot,Idaho | (aged 72)
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Blackfoot |
Profession | Attorney |
Stephen Southmyd Fenn(March 28, 1820 – December 8, 1892) was an American politician who served as acongressionalterritorial delegatefrom theIdaho Territory.
Born inWatertown, Connecticut,Fenn moved with his parents toNiagara County, New York,in 1824. He attended the public schools and moved in 1841 toJackson County, Iowa,where he held several local offices. Fenn moved toCaliforniain 1850 and engaged in mining and ranching, studied law, and wasadmitted to the barin 1862 and commenced practice in that part ofWashington Territorywhich became a part of theTerritory of Idahoupon its organization in 1863. He also engaged in mining and served as member of the Idaho Territorial Council from 1864 to 1867. Fenn served as district attorney for the first judicial district in 1869 and was elected in 1872 as a member of the Territorial House of Representatives and served as its speaker.[1]
He engaged in agricultural pursuits and successfully contested as aDemocratthe election ofThomas W. Bennettto theforty-fourthCongress. Fenn was reelected to theforty-fifthCongress and served from June 23, 1876, to March 3, 1879. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878 and continued his former pursuits until July 1891. Fenn's mind weakened in his later years and he died in the insane asylum inBlackfoot, Idaho,on December 8, 1892.[2]
The community ofFennon theCamas PrairieinIdaho Countyis named for Fenn and his son, Major Frank A. Fenn (1853–1927),[3][4][5][6]buried inKooskia.[7]
References
[edit]- ^Curtis, George H.; Wells, Merle (1944)."The Political Founders of Idaho".Twenty-Seventh Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of Idaho.pp. 59–77.
- ^"An Old-Timer Gone".The Ketchum Keystone.December 17, 1892.
- ^"Major F.A. Fenn dead".Lewiston Morning Tribune.June 21, 1927. p. 8.
- ^"There is usually a logical reason for the name a town ends up with".Lewiston Morning Tribune.February 25, 1990. p. 11-Centennial.
- ^"Fenn put name on Idaho's map".Lewiston Morning Tribune.May 6, 1990. p. 18-Centennial.
- ^"Why they call it Fenn".Lewiston Morning Tribune.February 5, 1933.
- ^"Major Frank Fenn".Find a Grave.RetrievedNovember 21,2012.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress."Stephen S. Fenn (id: F000073)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1820 births
- 1892 deaths
- People from Watertown, Connecticut
- Members of the Idaho Territorial House of Representatives
- Members of the Idaho Territorial Council
- Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Idaho Territory
- Idaho Democrats
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century Idaho politicians