Asa Wentworth Jr. (April 4, 1797 – August 7, 1882) was a Vermont businessman and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.
Biography Asa Wentworth Jr. was born in Alstead, New Hampshire on April 4, 1797. He was raised and educated in Alstead, became active in business, and represented Alstead as a Whig in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1828 to 1829, and again in 1832.Abby Maria Hemenway, The Vermont Historical Gazetteer, Volume 5, 1891, page 515
Wentworth was also active in the New Hampshire militia, and attained the rank of Colonel.John Farmer, G. Parker Lyon, The New Hampshire Annual Register, 1830, page 79John Farmer, G. Parker Lyon, The New Hampshire Annual Register, 1831, page 61
Wentworth subsequently relocated to Bellows Falls, Vermont. He was a Vice President of the Bellows Falls Savings Institution, and later a Director of the Bellows Falls National Bank.Hamilton Child, Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, Vt., 1724–1884, 1884, page 292 In addition he operated a hardware business with his brother, A. & J. H. Wentworth.Hemenway, The Vermont Historical Gazetteer
Active in local government, Wentworth served as Rockingham's Town Treasurer from 1846 to 1870, and was also the longtime Treasurer of Rockingham's School District.Lyman Simpson Hayes, History of the Town of Rockingham, Vermont, 1907, pages 528 to 532
Maintaining his Whig affiliation until joining the Republican Party at its founding, Wentworth served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1838 to 1839 and 1848 to 1849.Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, 1839, page 3Albany Evening Journal, September 7, 1848
He served in the Vermont Senate from 1851 to 1852 was Senate President.Vermont General Assembly, Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont, 1851, page 165
Wentworth returned to the Vermont House from 1852 to 1853 and again in 1856.Hayes, History of the Town of Rockingham, Vermont
Wentworth died in Bellows Falls on August 7, 1882. He was buried in Bellows Falls's Immanuel Cemetery.Hemenway, The Vermont Historical Gazetteer
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