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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandAnthony KENNEDY
(1810-1892)
Senate Years of Service:
1857-1861; 1861-1863Party: American (Know-Nothing);
UnionistKENNEDY, Anthony, (brother
of John Pendleton Kennedy), a Senator from Maryland; born in
Baltimore, Md., December 21, 1810; was sent by his parents to
Charles Town, Va. (now West Virginia), in 1821, where he attended
the Jefferson Academy; studied law and also engaged in agricultural
pursuits; member, Virginia house of delegates 1839-1843; magistrate
on the bench of the Jefferson County Court in Virginia for ten
years; unsuccessful Whig candidate for election in 1844 to the
Twenty-ninth Congress; declined the offer of President Millard
Fillmore as consul to Havana, Cuba, in 1850; returned to Baltimore,
Md., in 1851; member, Maryland house of delegates 1856; elected by
the American Party to the United States Senate and served from
March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1863; delegate to the State
constitutional convention in 1867; retired from active political
life and resided on his farm near Ellicott City, Howard County,
Md.; died in Annapolis, Md., July 31, 1892; interment in Greenmount
Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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