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Samuel Austin Kendall (November 1, 1859 – January 8, 1933) was a
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member of the
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from
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.


Biography

Samuel A. Kendall was born in
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. He attended the public schools and was a student for some time at
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, and at
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in
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. He taught school from 1876 to 1890 and served five years as superintendent of the public schools of
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. He returned to
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, in 1890 and engaged in the lumber business and the mining of
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. He was vice president of the Kendall Lumber Co. of
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, and president of the Preston Railroad Co. He served as member of the
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from 1899 to 1903. Kendall was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served until his death. He had been unsuccessful for reelection in
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, and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the
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in
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, before his successor
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was sworn in. Interment in Hochstetler Cemetery, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.


See also

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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include: * List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949) *List o ...


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Sources

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The Political Graveyard


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