Joseph M. Kendall

Who was Joseph M. Kendall?

Joseph Morgan Kendall 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.