Richard Regan Kennedy (January 5, 1842 – November 30, 1903) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Kennedy was born in Minersville, Pennsylvania in 1842. [1] He moved to Wisconsin with his parents when he was an infant. [1] During the American Civil War, he was an orderly sergeant with the 27th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army. [1] Conflicts he took part include the Siege of Vicksburg. [2] After the war, he was involved in zinc mining. [1] Kennedy died of an abscess of the thigh on November 30, 1903 in Racine, Wisconsin. [1] [3]
Political career
Kennedy was a member of the Assembly during the 1880 and 1883 sessions. [1] [4] Additionally, he was Town Treasurer and Collector of Highland, Iowa County, Wisconsin. He was a Democrat.
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"Richard Kennedy Dead". Wisconsin State Journal. December 1, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved June 24, 2018 – via
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- ^ George Crawford; Robert M. Crawford, eds. (1913). Memoirs of Iowa County Wisconsin. Northwestern Historical Association. pp. 101–104.
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"Richard Kennedy Dead". Racine Journal. December 1, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved June 24, 2018 – via
Newspapers.com.
- ^ Lawrence S. Barish, ed. (2007). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007 - 2008. p. 151.
External links
- People from Minersville, Pennsylvania
- People from Iowa County, Wisconsin
- Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- City and town treasurers in the United States
- People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
- Union Army soldiers
- 1842 births
- 1903 deaths
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century Wisconsin politicians
Richard Regan Kennedy (January 5, 1842 – November 30, 1903) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Kennedy was born in Minersville, Pennsylvania in 1842. [1] He moved to Wisconsin with his parents when he was an infant. [1] During the American Civil War, he was an orderly sergeant with the 27th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army. [1] Conflicts he took part include the Siege of Vicksburg. [2] After the war, he was involved in zinc mining. [1] Kennedy died of an abscess of the thigh on November 30, 1903 in Racine, Wisconsin. [1] [3]
Political career
Kennedy was a member of the Assembly during the 1880 and 1883 sessions. [1] [4] Additionally, he was Town Treasurer and Collector of Highland, Iowa County, Wisconsin. He was a Democrat.
References
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
"Richard Kennedy Dead". Wisconsin State Journal. December 1, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved June 24, 2018 – via
Newspapers.com.
- ^ George Crawford; Robert M. Crawford, eds. (1913). Memoirs of Iowa County Wisconsin. Northwestern Historical Association. pp. 101–104.
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^
"Richard Kennedy Dead". Racine Journal. December 1, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved June 24, 2018 – via
Newspapers.com.
- ^ Lawrence S. Barish, ed. (2007). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007 - 2008. p. 151.
External links
- People from Minersville, Pennsylvania
- People from Iowa County, Wisconsin
- Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- City and town treasurers in the United States
- People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
- Union Army soldiers
- 1842 births
- 1903 deaths
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century Wisconsin politicians