约翰·彭德尔顿·肯尼迪,国会医学博士(1795-1870)

1795 - 1870

约翰·彭德尔顿著(安东尼·肯尼迪的兄弟),马里兰州众议员;1795年10月25日出生于马里兰州巴尔的摩;就读于私立学校,1812年毕业于巴尔的摩学院;自愿参加了1812年战争;学习法律;1816年获得律师资格,并在马里兰州巴尔的摩开始执业;也从事文学追求,是一个杰出的小说家;1821年至1823年担任州议会代表;1823年1月27日被任命为驻智利公使馆秘书,但未能继续任职,于1823年6月23日辞职;第25届国会落选候选人; subsequently elected as a Whig to the same Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Isaac McKim and served from April 25, 1838, to March 3, 1839; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1845); chairman, Committee on Commerce (Twenty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress; again a member of the State house of delegates, in 1846, and served as speaker; Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Fillmore from July 22, 1852, to March 7, 1853; resumed literary pursuits; died August 18, 1870, at Newport, R.I., while on a visit; interment in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.

参考书目

查尔斯·伯纳。约翰·彭德尔顿·肯尼迪,来自巴尔的摩的绅士.巴尔的摩:约翰·霍普金斯出版社,1961年;斯佩尔曼,乔治亚·彼得曼。âThe约翰·彭德尔顿·肯尼迪的辉格修辞。â博士diss。印第安纳大学,1974年。

资料来源:美国国会传记目录,1771年至今