List of United States Political Families (T) - The Tenneys

The Tenneys

• Samuel Tenney (1748–1816), delegate to the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention 1791, Probate Court Judge in New Hampshire 1793–1800, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1800–1807. Third cousin once removed of Asa Tenney.
• Asa Tenney (1759–1831), Vermont State Representative 1813–1818. Third cousin once removed of Samuel Tenney.
  • Abner B.W. Tenney (1795–1873), Vermont State Representative 1832–1834 1839–1841 1849–1850 1856, Vermont State Senator 1836–1838, delegate to the Whig Party National Convention 1839. Third cousin twice removed of Samuel Tenney.
  • Horace A. Tenney (1820–1906), President of Madison, Wisconsin 1853–1854; candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 1878. Third cousin twice removed of Samuel Tenney.
    • Asa Wentworth Tenney (1833–1897), U.S. Attorney in New York 1877–1885, U.S. District Court Judge in New York 1897. Third cousin three times removed of Samuel Tenney.
      • William Richards Castle, Jr. (1878–1963), U.S. Ambassador to Japan 1929–1930. Fourth cousin once removed of Asa Wentworth Tenney.

NOTE: William Richards Castle, Jr. was also son of Kingdom of Hawaii politician William Richards Castle.