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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriLuther Martin KENNETT
(1807-1873)
KENNETT, Luther Martin, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Falmouth, Pendleton County,
Ky., March 15, 1807; attended private schools; deputy county clerk
of Pendleton County in 1822 and 1823 and of Campbell County, Ky.,
in 1824; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1825; employed in a mercantile
establishment; later engaged in lead mining and the manufacture of
shot in Jefferson and St. Francis Counties, Mo.; returned to St.
Louis in 1842; city alderman 1843-1846; declined to be a candidate
for reelection; spent several years in Europe on account of ill
health, returning to St. Louis in 1849; vice president of the
Pacific Railroad Co.; mayor of St. Louis 1850-1853; president of
the St. Louis & Iron Mountain Railroad in 1853; elected as an
Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4,
1855-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; retired
to his home near St. Louis Mo.; went to Europe in 1867, where he
remained until his death in Paris, France, April 12, 1873;
interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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