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Edward Aloysius Kenney (August 11, 1884 – January 27, 1938) was elected to three terms in the
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from
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, serving from 1933 until 1938. He died in office following an accidental fall from a window.


Early life and education

Kenney was born on August 11, 1884, in
Clinton, Massachusetts Clinton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 15,428 at the 2020 census. History Clinton was first settled in 1654 as a part of Lancaster after the land was deeded by Sachem Sholan of the Nashaway ...
, and attended the public schools. He graduated from Clinton High School in 1902. He then graduated from
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in 1906, and from the law department of
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in
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in 1908. He was admitted to the
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in 1908 and commenced practice in New York City. He moved to
Cliffside Park, New Jersey Cliffside Park is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 25,693, an increase of 2,099 (+8.9%) from the 2010 census count of 23,594, which in turn reflecte ...
, in 1916 and continued the
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.


Political career

During the
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he served as a member of the legal advisory
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of New Jersey in 1917. He was judge of recorders court in
Cliffside Park, New Jersey Cliffside Park is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 25,693, an increase of 2,099 (+8.9%) from the 2010 census count of 23,594, which in turn reflecte ...
, from 1919 to 1923. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Cliffside Park, New Jersey as an Independent in 1921, as a Republican in 1923, and as a
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in 1927. He became chairman of the Cliffside Park Housing Commission in 1922 and 1923 and was a member of the Republican county committee in 1925 and 1926.


Congress

Kenney was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, until his death in
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, due to an accidental fall from a window of the Carleton Arms Hotel on January 27, 1938. He is buried in St. John's Cemetery, Clinton, Massachusetts.


See also

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