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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VirginiaZedekiah KIDWELL
(1814-1872)
KIDWELL, Zedekiah, a
Representative from Virginia; born in Fairfax, Fairfax County, Va.,
January 4, 1814; received an English education; studied medicine;
moved with his father to Clarksburg, Va. (now West Virginia), in
1834; taught school and also clerked in a store; resumed the study
of medicine; was graduated from Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, Pa., in 1839, and practiced in Fairfax County, Va.,
1839-1849; moved to Fairmont, Va. (now West Virginia); member of
the State house of delegates 1842-1845; studied law; was admitted
to the bar in 1849; delegate to the State constitutional convention
in 1849; again a member of the State house of delegates in 1849,
1850, and 1852; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and
Thirty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); was not a
candidate for reelection in 1856; resumed the practice of medicine;
member of the West Virginia Board of Public Works 1857-1860; died
in Fairmont, W.Va., April 27, 1872; interment in Fairmont
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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