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About Charles B. Penrose
Charles Bingham Penrose was an American politician who served as a Democratic-Republican and Whig member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 16th and 14th district from 1833 to 1841 and as a Republican member for the 1st district in 1857. He served as Speaker of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1838 to 1839 and again in 1841. He was a key figure during the Buckshot War unrest in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, after the 1838 legislative election, when both Whigs and Democrats claimed control over the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
Everything about Charles B. Penrose →- Occupation
- lawyer, politician
- Position held
- member of the Pennsylvania State Senate
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 6, 1798
- Died
- April 6, 1857