Joseph Morgan Kendall was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Kentucky

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, son of John Wilkerson Kendall

John W. Kendall

John Wilkerson Kendall was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, father of Joseph Morgan Kendall.Born in Morgan County, Kentucky, Kendall attended the common schools and Owingsville Academy, where he studied law....

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Born in West Liberty, Kentucky

West Liberty, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,277 people, 696 households, and 446 families residing in the city. The population density was 739.3 people per square mile . There were 758 housing units at an average density of 171.0 per square mile...

, Kendall received his early education from private tutors and in the public schools.
He attended the State College of Kentucky

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 and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
He was examined by the court of appeals of Kentucky

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 and admitted to the practice of law before he was of age.
He settled in Prestonsburg, Kentucky

Prestonsburg, Kentucky

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Clerk of the House of Representatives

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 in the Forty-ninth

49th United States Congress

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 and Fiftieth

50th United States Congress

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 Congresses.

Kendall was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Fifty-second

52nd United States Congress

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 Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, John W. Kendall, and served from April 21, 1892, to March 3, 1893.
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892 on account of ill health.
Presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth

54th United States Congress

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 Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to February 18, 1897, when he was succeeded by Nathan T. Hopkins

Nathan T. Hopkins

Nathan Thomas Hopkins was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Ashe County, North Carolina, Hopkins moved to Pike County, Kentucky.He attended the common schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

, who contested his election.
He resumed the practice of law in West Liberty, Kentucky

West Liberty, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,277 people, 696 households, and 446 families residing in the city. The population density was 739.3 people per square mile . There were 758 housing units at an average density of 171.0 per square mile...

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He served as delegate to all Democratic State conventions 1884-1933.
He also engaged in agricultural pursuits near Boonsboro, Kentucky.
He died in West Liberty, Kentucky

West Liberty, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,277 people, 696 households, and 446 families residing in the city. The population density was 739.3 people per square mile . There were 758 housing units at an average density of 171.0 per square mile...

, November 5, 1933.
He was interred in Barber Cemetery.