Abraham A. Pennington

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name =A. A. Pennington

| honorific-suffix =

| image = File:Abraham A. Pennington.jpg

| caption = Pennington in 1874 as Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives

| alt =

| office=Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives

| term=1859–1861, 1875–1877

| office2=Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives

| term2=1875–1877

| office3=Member of the Arkansas State Senate

| term3=1877–1881

| predecessor2 =James H. Berry

| successor2 = Dawson L. Kilgore

| prior_term =

| birth_date =Abraham Anderson Pennington {{Birth date|1825|09|23}}

| birth_place =Arkansas, United States

| death_date ={{death date and age|1885|10|21|1825|09|23}}

| death_place =Whelen Springs, Clark County, Arkansas

| religion=

| residence=Hot Spring County, Arkansas

| occupation=lawyer

| party=Democratic

| spouse=Elizabeth Tennessee Andrews (1836-1885)

}}

Abraham Anderson Pennington (23 September 1825 – 23 October 1885) was an American politician in Arkansas. He was a Democratic Party member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1859-1861 and 1875-1877.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkUUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22PENNINGTON,+A.+A.+(Arkansas,+1874)+was+born+in+1825,+probably+to+I.+H.+Pennington*%22|title=American Legislative Leaders, 1850-1910|first1=Charles F.|last1=Ritter|first2=Jon L.|last2=Wakelyn|date=Sep 22, 1989|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=9780313239434|accessdate=Sep 22, 2019|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/about-the-house/past-speakers-of-the-house|title=Arkansas House Of Representatives|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=2015-05-10}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Documents/historical_report1210.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104106/http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/elections/Documents/historical_report1210.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-24 |url-status=dead }}

He served as Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives. He served in the Arkansas Senate from 1877 to 1881. His post office was listed as in Malvern, Arkansas in Hot Spring County.

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