William Sanford Pennington

William Sanford Pennington
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office
June 19, 1815 – September 17, 1826
Appointed byJames Madison
Preceded byRobert Morris
Succeeded byWilliam Rossell
6th Governor of New Jersey
In office
October 29, 1813 – June 19, 1815
Preceded byAaron Ogden
Succeeded byWilliam Kennedy (acting)
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey
In office
1803–1804
PresidentThomas Jefferson
Preceded byGeorge C. Maxwell
Succeeded byJoseph McIlvaine
New Jersey State Council
In office
1801–1802
Personal details
Born
William Sanford Pennington

1757 (1757)
Newark, Province of New Jersey,
British America
DiedSeptember 17, 1826(1826-09-17) (aged 68–69)
Newark, New Jersey
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Spouses
Phoebe Wheeler
(m. 1786; died 1804)
Elizabeth Pierson
(m. 1805)
Children10, including William
Educationread law

William Sanford Pennington (1757 – September 17, 1826) was a United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the sixth governor of New Jersey and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.