Samuel Austin Kendall
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Samuel A. Kendall | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 24th district | |
In office March 4, 1923 – January 8, 1933 | |
Preceded by | Henry Wilson Temple |
Succeeded by | J. Buell Snyder |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 23rd district | |
In office March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 | |
Preceded by | Bruce Foster Sterling |
Succeeded by | William Irvin Swoope |
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office 1899–1903 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Greenville Township, Pennsylvania | November 1, 1859
Died | January 8, 1933 Washington, D.C. | (aged 73)
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Mount Union College |
Samuel Austin Kendall (November 1, 1859 – January 8, 1933) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography[]
Samuel A. Kendall was born in Greenville Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and was a student for some time at Valparaiso, Indiana, and at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. He taught school from 1876 to 1890 and served five years as superintendent of the public schools of Jefferson, Iowa. He returned to Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in 1890 and engaged in the lumber business and the mining of coal. He was vice president of the Kendall Lumber Co. of Pittsburgh, and president of the He served as member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903.
Kendall was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served until his death. He had been unsuccessful for reelection in 1932, and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the House Office Building in Washington, D.C., before his successor J. Buell Snyder was sworn in.[1] Interment in Hochstetler Cemetery, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Milestones, Jan. 16, 1933". Time Magazine. January 16, 2009. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2009.
Sources[]
- United States Congress. "Samuel A. Kendall (id: K000097)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
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