John Penn Arndt

John Penn Arndt
Portrait by Samuel Marsden Brookes, ca.1856
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Brown County, Wisconsin
In office April 1856 – April 1857
Preceded by	Daniel W. King
Succeeded by	Lorenzo Brown
In office April 1853 – April 1854
Preceded by	Johnathan Wheelock
Succeeded by	Johnathan Wheelock
County Judge of Brown County, Wisconsin
In office September 1848 – September 1849
Preceded by	John Last
Succeeded by	David Agry
In office April 30, 1842 – August 7, 1843
Preceded by	Charles C. P. Arndt
Succeeded by	Charles Chapman
Member of the Council of the Wisconsin Territory for Brown County
In office October 25, 1836 – November 5, 1838 Serving with Henry S. Baird (1836) & Alexander J. Irwin (1837–1838)
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Alexander J. Irwin & Morgan Lewis Martin
Personal details
Born	(1780-11-25)November 25, 1780 Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Died	June 10, 1861(1861-06-10) (aged 80) Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place	Woodlawn Cemetery, Allouez, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican Whig (before 1854)
Spouse	Elizabeth Carpenter ​ ​ (m. 1803; died 1860)​
Children	Philip Arndt (b. 1804; died 1817) Alexander Hamilton Arndt (b. 1805; died 1847) Baltus Arndt (died in infancy) Mary Budleman (Cotton) (b. 1809; died 1896) Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Arndt (b. 1811; died 1842) John Wallace Arndt (b. 1815; died 1897) Elizabeth Margaret (Eastman) (b. 1822; died 1908)
Occupation	Merchant, shipbuilder

John Penn Arndt (November 25, 1780 – June 10, 1861) was an American merchant, shipbuilder, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was an early settler at what is now Green Bay, Wisconsin, and served in the 1st Wisconsin Territorial Assembly. He was responsible for the first dam on the Fox River and for building some of Wisconsin's first sailing ships. His son Charles was infamously killed during a session of the Wisconsin Territorial Council in 1842.