death_date birth_date alt term_end restingplace alma_mater death_place profession term_start image name relations predecessor birth_place party state district successor article_title
05 november 1933 12 may 1863 a , white shirt , and light tie with a large man knot with dark hair wearing a black jacket february 18 , 1897 barber cemetery university of kentucky university of michigan west liberty , kentucky lawyer april 4 , 1895 21 , 1892 march 3 , 1893 march joseph-m -rrb- . jpg . - kendall -- us-red-book - -lrb- 1896 joseph m. kendall son of john w. kendall john w. kendall william beckner west liberty , kentucky democrat kentucky 10th marcus c. lisle nathan t. hopkins joseph m. kendall

joseph m. kendall

joseph morgan kendall -lrb- may 12 , 1863 -- november 5 , 1933 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from kentucky , son of john wilkerson kendall .
born in west liberty , kentucky , kendall received his early education from private tutors and in the public schools .
he attended the state college of kentucky and the university of michigan at ann arbor .
he was examined by the court of appeals of kentucky and admitted to the practice of law before he was of age .
he settled in prestonsburg , kentucky .
clerk of the house of representatives in the forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses .
kendall was elected as a democrat to the fifty-second 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 congress and served from march 4 , 1895 , to february 18 , 1897 , when he was succeeded by nathan t. hopkins , who contested his election .
he resumed the practice of law in west liberty , kentucky .
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 , november 5 , 1933 .
he was interred in barber cemetery .
