US Con Kennedy, Anthony - U.S. Senator, MD

Anthony Kennedy
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Born: December 21, 1810

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland

Father: John Kennedy 1769 – 1836

(Buried: Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia)​

Mother: Anne Clayton "Nancy" Pendleton 1776 – 1854

(Buried: Zion Episcopal Churchyard, Charles Town, West Virginia)​

Wife: Sarah Stephena Dandridge 1811 – 1846

(Buried: Norborne Parish Cemetery, Martinsburg, West Virginia)​

Children:

Dr. Stephen Dandridge Kennedy 1834 – 1914​

(Buried: Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Virginia)​

Political Party: Whig Party, Know – Nothing Party, Unionist Party

Occupation before War:

Farmer in Maryland, and Virginia​

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1839 – 1843: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates​

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Magistrate for Jefferson County, Virginia Court for ten years

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1844: Unsuccessful candidate for United States Congress​

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1850: Declined offer to be United States Counsel in Havana, Cuba​

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1856: Member of Maryland State House of Delegates​

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1857 – 1863: United States Senator from Maryland​

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1857 – 1863: Member of Senate Public Buildings and Grounds Committee​

Civil War Career:

1857 – 1863: United States Senator from Maryland​

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1857 – 1863: Member of Senate Public Buildings and Grounds Committee​

Occupation after War:

1867: Member of Maryland State House of Delegates​

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1868 – 1892: Lived retired at his farm near Ellicott City, Maryland​

Died: July 31, 1892

Place of Death: Annapolis, Maryland

Age at time of Death: 81 years old

Burial Place: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland

 

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Brother to the U.S..Secretary of the Navy, John Pendleton Kennedy(1852-1853).

 

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His seat in the Senate was taken by Reverdy Johnson in 1863.

 

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I haven't found it yet but I feel Kennedy is a great grandfather or some direct link to Retired Justice Anthony Kennedy that was on the present Supreme Court.