district residence predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party profession state_house birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
milbridge milbridge , maine vinal g. good dana childs dana childs richard hewes 11 july 1995 milbridge , maine ellsworth , maine republican pharmacist maine 11 february 1907 86th speaker of the maine house of representatives 1963 1967 1959 david j. kennedy
 1964 1972 1972 david j. kennedy
david j. kennedy

david j. kennedy -lrb- february 11 , 1907 -- july 11 , 1995 -rrb- was a maine politician and pharmacist .
he was a native of milbridge , maine .
kennedy , a republican , represented milbridge in washington county from 1959 to 1972 , including terms as speaker of the maine house of representatives from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1967 to 1972 .
he retired from politics in 1972 .
he was close friends with portland democrat dana childs and briefly served as a lobbyist for maine central railroad alongside childs .
kennedy died on july 11 , 1995 at maine coast memorial hospital in ellsworth of natural causes .
