Andrew J. Kuykendall

Andrew Jackson Kuykendall ( born March 3 1815 Gallatin County, Illinois, † May 11, 1891 in Vienna, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1865 and 1867 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Andrew Kuykendall attended preparatory schools. After a subsequent study of law and its 1840 made ​​admission to the bar he began in Vienna to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1842 and 1862 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Illinois. During the Civil War he served for a year as a Major in the army of the Union. He was a member of the Republican Party, founded in 1854.

In the congressional elections of 1864 Kuykendall in the 13th electoral district of Illinois was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William J. Allen on March 4, 1865. Until March 3, 1867, he was able to complete a term in Congress. Since 1865 the work of Parliament was overshadowed by the tensions between the Republicans and President Andrew Johnson, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment. In 1865 the 13th Amendment was ratified.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Kuykendall again practiced as a lawyer in Vienna. Between 1873 and 1881 he was district judge in Johnson County. From 1878 to 1882 he was a member of the Illinois Senate. He then worked in agriculture. He died on 11 May 1891 in Vienna.