Eugene Francis Kinkead (March 27, 1876 – September 6, 1960), was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician from

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who represented the 9th congressional district from 1909 to 1913, and the 8th district from 1913 to 1915.

Biography

Kinkead was born while his parents were on a visit abroad, in

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on March 27, 1876. He attended parochial schools in

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, and graduated from

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in 1895. He was president of the Jersey Railway Advertising Co. and the Orange Publishing Co. Kinkead was president of the board of aldermen of Jersey City in 1898.

Congress

Kinkead was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first, Sixty-second, and Sixty-third Congresses and served in office from March 4, 1909, until February 4, 1915, when he resigned.

Later career

After leaving Congress, he was sheriff of

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from 1915 to 1917, and played a role in the

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. He was commissioned major of the military intelligence division of the American forces during

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and stationed at the

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He was chairman of the executive committee of Colonial Trust Co. in New York City from 1929-1960.

Death and burial

Kinkead died in

, and was interred in

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinkead, Eugene F. 1876 births 1960 deaths Politicians from County Cork Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey American expatriates in the United Kingdom Politicians from Jersey City, New Jersey Burials at Gate of Heaven Cemetery (East Hanover, New Jersey) People from Buttevant 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives