Moses Tenney Jr.

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Moses Tenney, Jr.
25th Massachusetts Treasurer
In office
1856[1]–1861[1]
Preceded byThomas J. Marsh
Succeeded byHenry K. Oliver
Massachusetts Senate[1] Essex District[2]
In office
1855[2]–1855[2]
Personal details
BornJune 18, 1808[1]
Newbury, Massachusetts[1]
DiedJanuary 7, 1903.[3]
NationalityAmerican
Political partyKnow Nothing[3]
Spouse(s)Mary Ann Northend[1]

Moses Tenney, Jr. (June 18, 1808 – January 7, 1903) was an American politician who served as Treasurer of Massachusetts.

Early life[]

Tenney was born in Newbury, Massachusetts to Moses and Hannah (Whitaker) Tenney,[1]

Family life[]

Tenney married Mary Ann Northend on April 6, 1831, they had five children, she died on May 18, 1888.[1] They lived in Georgetown, Massachusetts.[4]

Massachusetts State Senate[]

Tenney was elected to the Massachusetts Senate for the Essex District[2] in 1854,[1] serving for the year 1855,[2] on the committee of railroads and canals.[3]

State treasurer[]

Tenney was elected state treasurer in 1855,[1] and subsequently re elected to four more one year terms.

Death[]

Tenney died on January 7, 1903.[3]

Bibliography[]

  • Massachusetts General Court "Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the Year 1855", page 1056 (1855).
  • Tenney, Martha Jane, The Tenney Family, or, the Descendants of Thomas Tenney, of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1638–1890, page 210 (1891).
  • Tenney, Martha Jane, The Tenney Family, or, the Descendants of Thomas Tenney, of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1638–1890, pages 350–351(1904).
Political offices
Preceded by
Thomas J. Marsh
 Massachusetts Treasurer
1856–1861 		Succeeded by

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Tenney, Martha Jane (1891), The Tenney Family, or, the Descendants of Thomas Tenney, of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1638–1890, Boston, Massachusetts: M. J. Tenny, p. 210
  2. ^ a b c d e Massachusetts General Court (1855), Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the Year 1855, Boston, Massachusetts: The Secretary of the Commonwealth, p. 1056
  3. ^ a b c d Tenney, Martha Jane (1904), The Tenney Family, or, the Descendants of Thomas Tenney, of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1638–1890, Concord, New Hampshire: M. J. Tenny, p. 351
  4. ^ Tenney, Martha Jane (1904), The Tenney Family, or, the Descendants of Thomas Tenney, of Rowley, Massachusetts, 1638–1890, Concord, New Hampshire: M. J. Tenny, p. 350
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