John L. Pennington Biography


	This biography appears on page 931 of "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) and was scanned, 
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	JOHN L. PENNINGTON, fifth territorial governor, was a native of 
North Carolina, and a printer by occupation. He remained in his native 
state until his appointment to the governorship by President Grant in 
1874. He served four years with credit, and continued to reside in 
Yankton until 1891, when he returned to the South and established 
himself in the newspaper business at North Anniston, Alabama. He died 
in 1900. Mr. Pennington before the war was a Douglas Democrat, and was 
a Union man dur...  (material left out in the original book).