Andrew Kennedy (politician)

Andrew Kennedy (born July 24, 1810 in Dayton , Ohio , †  December 31, 1847 in Indianapolis , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1841 and 1847 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Andrew Kennedy was a cousin of Congressman Case Broderick (1839-1920) from Kansas . He came to Indiana with his parents when he was still young. In Connersville , he attended public schools. There he also did an apprenticeship as a blacksmith. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1833, he began to work in Connersville in this profession. In 1834 he moved his residence and practice to Muncie . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In 1835 he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives ; In 1838 he was a member of the State Senate . In the congressional elections of 1840 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded James Rariden on March 4, 1841 . After two re-elections, Kennedy was able to complete three terms in Congress by March 3, 1847 . These were determined by the events of the Mexican-American War since 1845 . Since 1843 he represented the newly created tenth district of his state.

In 1847 Andrew Kennedy was a candidate within his party for the upcoming 1848 US Senate election . In December of that year he contracted smallpox and died on the 31st of that month, before his party's decision on the Senate candidacy.

Web links

• Andrew Kennedy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Andrew Kennedy in the database of Find a Grave (English)