William Scheuneman Kenyon

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William Scheuneman Kenyon (born December 13, 1820 in Catskill , New York , † February 10, 1896 in Kingston , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1859 and 1861 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Scheuneman Kenyon was born in Catskill about five and a half years after the end of the British-American War . He attended a private academy in Catskill and the Kinderhook Academy . In 1842 he graduated from Rutgers College in New Brunswick ( New Jersey ). He studied law in Kingston. He was admitted to the bar in Albany in 1846 and then began practicing in Kingston. He was one of the founders of Ulster County Savings Bank and served as a trustee for 44 years . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1858 for the 36th Congress , Kenyon was elected in the eleventh constituency of New York to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded William Fiero Russell on March 4, 1859 . Since he on a run again in 1860 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1861 Congress of.

After his time at Congress, he worked as a lawyer again. He attended the Republican National Conventions as a delegate in 1872 and 1876 . Between 1883 and 1889 he was a judge in Ulster County . He chaired the Republican County Committee for many years . He died on February 10, 1896 in Kingston and was then buried in the Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery .

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SURNAME Kenyon, William Scheuneman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Catskill , New York
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1896
Place of death Kingston , New York