Jonas Kendall (October 27, 1757October 22, 1844) was a

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from

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, father of Joseph Gowing Kendall. Born in

Leominster Leominster ( ) is a market town in Herefordshire, England, at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater. The town is north of Hereford and south of Ludlow in Shropshire. With a population of 11,700, Leominster is t ...

in the

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, Kendall pursued an academic course. He engaged in the manufacture of paper in

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, in 1796. He served as a member of the

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in 1800, 1801 from 1803 to 1807, and 1821, and in the

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from 1808 to 1811. He served as a member of the school board in 1803, 1811, and 1814 and as a member of the executive council in 1822. He was a presidential elector on the Federalist ticket in 1816. Kendall was elected as a

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to the

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Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1820 to the Seventeenth Congress. He resumed the manufacture of paper. He died in

and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kendall, Jonas 1757 births 1844 deaths People from Leominster, Massachusetts Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Massachusetts state senators Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts