List of United States Political Families (P) - The Pennybackers and Samuels

The Pennybackers and Samuels

• Isaac S. Pennybacker (1805–1847), U.S. Representative from Virginia 1837-1839, Judge of U.S. District Court in Virginia 1839-1845, U.S. Senator from Virginia 1845-1847. Brother of Joel Pennybacker.
• Joel Pennybacker, Virginia State Senator. Brother of Isaac S. Pennybacker.
• Green Berry Samuels (1806–1859), U.S. Representative from Virginia 1839-1841, delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention 1850 1851, Judge of the Virginia Circuit Court, Judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals. Cousin of Isaac S. Pennybacker.
  • John D. Pennybacker, Virginia State Senator. Son of Isaac S. Pennybacker.
  • Benjamin Pennybacker Douglass, Indiana State Representative 1857, Common Pleas Court Judge in Indiana 1864. Nephew of Isaac S. Pennybacker and Joel Pennybacker.
  • Benjamin M. Samuels, candidate for Governor of Iowa 1857 1861, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1860. Nephew of Green Berry Samuels.
  • Samuel W. Pennypacker (1843–1916), Governor of Pennsylvania 1903-1907, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1904. Third cousin once removed of Isaac S. Pennybacker and Green Berry Samuels.
    • William B. Umstead (1895–1954), U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1933-1939, Chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party 1945, U.S. Senator from North Carolina 1946-1948, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1948, Governor of North Carolina 1953-1954. Distant cousin of Isaac S. Pennybacker, Green Berry Samuels, Benjamin M. Samuels, and Samuel W. Pennypacker.

NOTE: Samuel W. Pennypacker was also great-grandson of U.S. Representative Isaac Anderson and great-great-grandson of Pennsylvania State Representative Patrick Anderson. William B. Umstead was also son of North Carolina legislator John W. Umstead.