Zedekiah Kidwell

Zedekiah Kidwell

Zedekiah Kidwell (born January 4, 1814 in Fairfax , Virginia , †  April 27, 1872 in Fairmont , West Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1857 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After a good education, Zedekiah Kidwell studied medicine. In 1834 he moved with his father to Clarksburg in what is now West Virginia, where he worked as a teacher and shop clerk. He then continued his medical studies at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia . Between 1839 and 1849 he practiced as a doctor in Fairfax County ; then he moved to Fairmont. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1849, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1842 and 1845 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . In 1849 he took part in a constitutional convention of his state as a delegate. In 1849, 1850 and 1852 he was again a member of the House of Representatives.

In the congressional election of 1852 , Kidwell was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Charles J. Faulkner on March 4, 1853 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1857 . These were shaped by the events leading up to the civil war . In 1856 he renounced another congressional candidacy.

Between 1857 and 1860, Kidwell was a member of the Virginia State Public Works Committee. During the Civil War he held a local civil office in Richmond . Otherwise he practiced as a doctor again. Zedekiah Kidwell died in Fairmont on April 27, 1872.

Web links

• Zedekiah Kidwell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Zedekiah Kidwell in the database of Find a Grave (English)