Joseph M. Kendall

Joseph Morgan Kendall ( born May 12, 1863 in West Liberty, Morgan County, Kentucky; † November 5, 1933 ) was an American politician. Between 1892 and 1897 he represented two times the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Kendall was the son of Congressman John W. Kendall ( 1834-1892 ). He attended the public schools of his home and enjoyed time as a private education. He then attended the State College of Kentucky and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer, he started in Prestonsburg to work in this profession. He was registered with the help of a special permit before completion of the minimum age as a lawyer.

Politically Kendall was like his father a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1885 and 1889 he was with the Congress government in Washington DC employed as Clerk of the House of Representatives. After his father's death he was chosen as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives at the due election for the seat tenth of Kentucky, where he took up his new mandate on April 21, 1892. Since he resigned at the regular elections of 1892 for health reasons for reelection, he could finish only the opened term of his father in Congress until March 3, 1893.

In 1894, Kendall was re-elected in the tenth district of Kentucky in Congress. There he took over from the March 4, 1895 William M. Beckner. However, the election was challenged by his opponent, Republican Nathan T. Hopkins. This election appeal was upheld but only shortly before the end of its term on 18 February 1897. On this day, Kendall had to cede his position at Hopkins. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Joseph Kendall practiced as a lawyer again. He was also active in the Clark County in agriculture. Between 1884 and 1933 he was a delegate to all the regional Democratic Party days for Kentucky. He died on November 5, 1933, his birthplace of West Liberty.