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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaGeorge L. KINNARD
(1803-1836)
KINNARD, George L., a
Representative from Indiana; born in Pennsylvania in 1803; moved
with his widowed mother to Tennessee and completed preparatory
studies; moved to Indianapolis, Ind., in 1823; studied law; was
admitted to the bar and practiced in Marion County, Ind.; assessor
for Marion County in 1826 and 1827; member of the State house of
representatives 1827-1830; county surveyor 1831-1835; State auditor
for several years; colonel of the State militia; elected as a
Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and
served from March 4, 1833, until his death from injuries received
in an explosion on the steamer Flora on the Ohio River
November 26, 1836; interment probably in Presbyterian Burying
Ground (now Washington Park), Cincinnati, Ohio.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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