Facts: - profession: politician , miner , lawyer , librarian , editor , proprietor - death place: mount rainier , maryland - preceded: thomas fitch - party: democratic - death date: 25 june 1914 - district: at-large - term end: march 3 , 1875 - succeeded: william woodburn - term start: march 4 , 1871 - state: nevada - name: charles west kendall - birth date: 22 april 1828 - dead: dead - birth place: searsmont , maine Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles west kendall .
charles west kendall -lrb- april 22 , 1828 -- june 25 , 1914 -rrb- was an american politician , lawyer , librarian , editor , proprietor and miner in california , nevada and colorado .born in searsmont , maine , kendall attended phillips academy and yale college .he moved to california in 1849 where he engaged in mining , was editor and proprietor of the '' san jose tribune '' from 1855 to 1859 , studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859 , commencing practice in sacramento , california .he was a member of the california state assembly in 1862 and 1863 , representing tuolumne and mono counties , and then moved to hamilton , nevada where he continued to practice law .kendall was elected a democrat to the united states house of representatives in 1870 , serving from 1871 to 1875 , declining to be a candidate for renomination in 1874 .afterwards , he moved to denver , colorado and resumed practicing law .he served as assistant librarian in the interstate commerce commission in washington , d.c. , from 1892 until his death in mount rainier , maryland , on june 25 , 1914 .kendall was interred in congressional cemetery in washington .