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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaAndrew KENNEDY
(1810-1847)
KENNEDY, Andrew, (cousin
of Case Broderick), a Representative from Indiana; born in Dayton,
Ohio, July 24, 1810; moved with his parents to a farm on the Indian
reserve near Lafayette, Ind.; soon afterward moved to Connersville,
Ind.; became a blacksmith’s apprentice; attended the common
schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced
practice in Connersville; moved to Muncie (then Muncytown), Ind.,
in 1834 and continued the practice of law; member of the State
house of representatives in 1835; served in the State senate in
1838; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth,
and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1847);
Democratic caucus nominee for United States Senator in 1847; was
stricken with smallpox on the eve of the legislative joint
convention and died in Indianapolis, Ind., December 31, 1847;
interment in Greenlawn Cemetery; reinterment in Beech Grove
Cemetery, Muncie, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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