Wentworth, John 1815-1888
Journalist; born in Sandwich, N. H., March 5, 1815; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1836; removed to Illinois the same year; was present at the first meeting for the incorporation of Chicago as a city; admitted to the bar in 1841; and member of Congress in 1843-51, and 1853-55. The day after the repeal of the Missouri Compromise was adopted in the House he determined to form an anti-slavery party, and out of his organization sprang the Republican party. He was elected mayor of Chicago in 1857 and re-elected in 1860; and was the first mayor to urge his fellowcitizens to hasten recruiting for the National army. His publications include Genealogical. Bibliographical, and biographical account of the descendants of elder William Wentworth, and History of the Wentworth family (3 volumes). He died in Chicago, Ill., Oct. 16, 1888.
Lawyer; born in Somersworth, N. H., July 17, 1745; graduated at Harvard College in 1768; was admitted to the bar and began practice in Dover; member of the legislature in 1776-80; was made judge of probate of Stratford county, which office he held till his death; member of the Continental Congress in 1778-79; member of the State council in 1780-84; and of the State Senate in 1784-87. He died in Dover, N. H., Jan. 10, 1787.
