W. Freeland Kendrick (1873 – March 20, 1953
Accessed March 24, 2008.) was the

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from 1924–28. He served as a delegate from Pennsylvania to the

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in 1920, and served as the President of the

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in 1926. One of Kendrick's first actions after being elected as mayor in 1923 was to recruit

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Brigadier General

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to serve as Philadelphia's Director of Public Safety, to enforce

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and vice laws. After a contentious two years, Kendrick dismissed Butler on December 22, 1925.

Shriner

Kendrick was also an active

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, serving as Potentate of Lulu Shrine from 1906–18, and again from 1920–23. He was elected Imperial Potentate from 1919–20 and served as the second chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Shriners from 1934–49. While he was serving as Imperial Potentate, he put forth the resolution that created the

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.Potts, Florence J
"The Shriners' Hospitals: A General Outline of the History of the Founding of the Shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Children."
''The American Journal of Nursing'', Vol. 26, No. 10 (Oct., 1926), pp. 745-46. From 1949 until his death, he served on the board of trustees for the Philadelphia Shriners Hospital.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kendrick, W. Freeland Mayors of Philadelphia 1873 births 1953 deaths Pennsylvania Republicans