Joseph G. Kendall

Joseph Gowing Kendall (born October 27, 1788 in Leominster , Worcester County , Massachusetts , †  October 2, 1847 in Worcester , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1833 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Kendall was the son of Congressman Jonas Kendall (1757-1844). After a good primary school education, he studied at Harvard University until 1810 , where he then worked as a teacher until 1817. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1818, he began to practice this profession in Leominster. In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party . Between 1824 and 1828 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate .

In the congressional election of 1828 , Kendall was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded John Locke on March 4, 1829 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1833 . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

In 1832, Kendall declined to run again. From 1833 until his death he worked in the court administration in Worcester County. He died on October 2, 1847 in Worcester, where he had moved in 1833.

Web links

• Joseph G. Kendall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph G. Kendall in the database of Find a Grave (English)