James Kennedy | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio's18th district | |
| In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Walker Tayler |
| Succeeded by | John J. Whitacre |
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| Born | (1853-09-03)September 3, 1853 Lowellville, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | November 9, 1928(1928-11-09) (aged 75) Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Resting place | Riverside Cemetery,Poland, Ohio |
| Party | Democratic,Republican |
James Kennedy (September 3, 1853 – November 9, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician who served as aU.S. representative fromOhio for four terms from 1903 to 1911.
Born inLowellville, Ohio, Kennedy prepared for college atPoland Union Seminary, inOhio, and graduated fromWestminster College,New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in 1876. He studied law and wasadmitted to the bar in March 1879.
Kennedy commenced to practice law inYoungstown, Ohio, where he also served as a member of the city council from April 1886 to November 1888. In 1894, he served as chairman of the Republican State convention atSteubenville, Ohio, in 1894.
Kennedy was elected as aRepublican to theFifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910, to theSixty-second Congress. He resumed the practice of his profession in Youngstown.
Kennedy became affiliated with theDemocratic Party in 1916. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1926, to theSeventieth Congress. He died in Youngstown on November 9, 1928, and was interred in Riverside Cemetery,Poland, Ohio.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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