Charles West Kendall

Charles West Kendall ( born April 22, 1828 in Searsmont, Waldo County, Maine, † June 25, 1914 in Mount Rainier, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1871 and 1875 he represented the state of Nevada in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

Charles Kendall attended the Phillips Academy in Andover (Massachusetts ) and then the Yale College. In 1849 he moved to California during the gold rush. Between 1855 and 1859 he was the owner and editor of the newspaper " San Jose Tribune ". After studying law he was admitted to the bar in 1859. Then he started in Sacramento to work in his new profession.

Political rise

Kendall was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1861 and 1862 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from California. In 1862 he moved to Hamilton in Nevada, where he worked as a lawyer again. In the congressional elections of 1870, Charles Kendall was chosen as the first candidate of his party from Nevada in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he took over from the March 4, 1871 Thomas Fitch. After a re-election in 1872, Kendall was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1875 two legislative sessions. Another candidacy he refused.

Further CV

After the end of his time in Washington Kendall moved to Denver and worked as a lawyer. From 1892 until his death he worked for intergovernmental Trade Commission in Washington. Charles Kendall died in June 1914 in Maryland and was buried in the cemetery Congress in Washington.