Interred on 14 Dec 1897.
Judge Asa W. Tenney, United States District Attorney. Appointed by President McKinley to fill his former office of United States District Judge of the Eastern District of New York.
Graduate of Dartmouth College, 1859. Worked as a New York law office, starting out at $2 a week.
First active political role was in the 1864 Lincoln-McClellan campaign. Helped organize the Republican Party in Georgia in 1867, making speeches in Atlanta and Savannah while armed soldiers guarded him from a possible attack by white men.
He was an active speaker in both Grant campaigns and in 1873, President Grant appointed him United States District Judge of the Eastern District of New York and Presidents Hays and Garfield both continued him in that position.
Son of John Tenney, 1792-1869, and Sophia Wentworth Tenney, 1795-1863.
Husband of Maria Abbott.
Judge Asa W. Tenney, United States District Attorney. Appointed by President McKinley to fill his former office of United States District Judge of the Eastern District of New York.
Graduate of Dartmouth College, 1859. Worked as a New York law office, starting out at $2 a week.
First active political role was in the 1864 Lincoln-McClellan campaign. Helped organize the Republican Party in Georgia in 1867, making speeches in Atlanta and Savannah while armed soldiers guarded him from a possible attack by white men.
He was an active speaker in both Grant campaigns and in 1873, President Grant appointed him United States District Judge of the Eastern District of New York and Presidents Hays and Garfield both continued him in that position.
Son of John Tenney, 1792-1869, and Sophia Wentworth Tenney, 1795-1863.
Husband of Maria Abbott.
Interred on 14 Dec 1897.
Judge Asa W. Tenney, United States District Attorney. Appointed by President McKinley to fill his former office of United States District Judge of the Eastern District of New York.
Graduate of Dartmouth College, 1859. Worked as a New York law office, starting out at $2 a week.
First active political role was in the 1864 Lincoln-McClellan campaign. Helped organize the Republican Party in Georgia in 1867, making speeches in Atlanta and Savannah while armed soldiers guarded him from a possible attack by white men.
He was an active speaker in both Grant campaigns and in 1873, President Grant appointed him United States District Judge of the Eastern District of New York and Presidents Hays and Garfield both continued him in that position.
Son of John Tenney, 1792-1869, and Sophia Wentworth Tenney, 1795-1863.
Husband of Maria Abbott.
Judge Asa W. Tenney, United States District Attorney. Appointed by President McKinley to fill his former office of United States District Judge of the Eastern District of New York.
Graduate of Dartmouth College, 1859. Worked as a New York law office, starting out at $2 a week.
First active political role was in the 1864 Lincoln-McClellan campaign. Helped organize the Republican Party in Georgia in 1867, making speeches in Atlanta and Savannah while armed soldiers guarded him from a possible attack by white men.
He was an active speaker in both Grant campaigns and in 1873, President Grant appointed him United States District Judge of the Eastern District of New York and Presidents Hays and Garfield both continued him in that position.
Son of John Tenney, 1792-1869, and Sophia Wentworth Tenney, 1795-1863.
Husband of Maria Abbott.
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