William Denning

William Denning ( April 1740 *, † October 30, 1819 in New York City ) was an American politician. He represented 1809 and 1810 the New York State in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Denning was born during the British colonial period in probably St. John's, Newfoundland, where he spent the first few years. His family then moved to New York City, where he pursued later commercial transactions. He was active in the revolutionary movement. In 1775 he was a member of the Committee of One Hundred. As a deputy, he took part in the 1775-1777 Provincial Congress of New York and as a deputy in the years 1776 and 1777 at the State Convention. After the War of Independence he was 1784-1787 in the New York State Assembly and 1798-1808 in the Senate from New York. During this time he was in 1799 a member of the Council of Appointment. Politically, he was a member of the founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1808 Denning was in the second electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeds Gurdon S. Mumford and George Clinton junior took on March 4, 1809 which previously represented along the second and third district in the U.S. House of Representatives. Denning joined in 1810 by his Congress seat back. He died on October 30, 1819 in New York City and was buried in St. Paul's Church Cemetery.