Andrew Kennedy (politician)

Andrew Kennedy ( born July 24, 1810 in Dayton, Ohio, † December 31, 1847 in Indianapolis, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1841 and 1847 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Andrew Kennedy was a cousin of Congressman Case Broderick (1839-1920) from Kansas. Even in his youth he came with his parents to Indiana. In Connersville, he attended the public schools. He also made an apprenticeship as a blacksmith. After a subsequent law degree in 1833 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Connersville to work in this profession. In 1834 he moved his practice and to Muncie. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career.

In 1835 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Indiana; In 1838 he was a member of the State Senate. In the congressional elections of 1840 he was in the fifth electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James Rariden on March 4, 1841. After two elections Kennedy was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1847 three legislative periods. These were determined since 1845 by the events of the Mexican-American War. Since 1843, he represented the newly created tenth district of his state.

1847 Andrew Kennedy was a candidate within his party for the 1848 elections to the U.S. Senate. In December of that year he contracted smallpox and died on 31 this month, before the decision of its Parte about the Senate candidacy.

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