Raymond Taylor Kenyon (October 21, 1878 – November 30, 1929) was an American dentist and politician from New York.
Life
Kenyon was born on October 21, 1878, in
Leonardsville, New York
Leonardsville is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet on the Unadilla River in the Town of Brookfield, New York, Brookfield in Madison County, New York, Madison County, New York (state), New York, United States. A portion of it does also extend into the To ...
, the son of James B. Kenyon, pastor of the local
Methodist Episcopal Church
The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was also the first religious denomination in the US to organize itself nationally. In 1939, th ...
, and Margaret.
His sister was actress
Doris Kenyon
Doris Margaret Kenyon (September 5, 1897 – September 1, 1979) was an American actress of film and television.
Early life
She grew up in Syracuse, New York, where her family had a home at 1805 Harrison Street. Her father, Dr. James B. Keny ...
.
Kenyon moved to
Syracuse
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* Syracuse, Sicily, Italy; in the province of Syracuse
* Syracuse, New York, USA; in the Syracuse metropolitan area
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* Syracuse railway station (disambiguation)
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with his family when he was young. He graduated from Syracuse High School in 1896. He then attended
Syracuse University
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, the Philadelphia Anatomical School, and the
Philadelphia Dental College and Garretson Hospital of Oral Surgery, graduating from the latter in 1900. He was a member of
Xi Psi Phi
Xi Psi Phi International Dental Fraternity () is an international Professional fraternities and sororities, professional fraternity for dentistry. It was founded on February 8, 1889. Xi Psi Phi was the second professional dental fraternity to b ...
. After practicing as a dentist for a short while in
Philadelphia
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, he moved his practice to Syracuse. A back injury led him to move to the
Adriondack area, settling in
Au Sable Forks. In 1909, he was elected
town supervisor
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of
Jay
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, serving in that office until 1913. He was postmaster of Au Sable Forks for a short time.
In 1913, Kenyon was elected to the
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits.
The Ass ...
as a
Republican, representing
Essex County. He served in the Assembly in
1914
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,
1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
*January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
*January 1
* ...
,
1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Empire, British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that has been stored ...
,
1917
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
,
1918
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,
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (later Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off th ...
, and
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...
. He was an alternate delegate to the
1924 Republican National Convention
The 1924 Republican National Convention was held in Cleveland, Ohio, at the Public Auditorium, from June 10 to 12.
Incumbent President Calvin Coolidge was nominated for a full term and went on to win the general election. The convention nomina ...
.
Kenyon had a daughter, Mrs. Floyd Fitzsimmons. He was a
Freemason
Freemasonry (sometimes spelled Free-Masonry) consists of fraternal groups that trace their origins to the medieval guilds of stonemasons. Freemasonry is the oldest secular fraternity in the world and among the oldest still-existing organizati ...
.
Kenyon died at home of acute
angina pectoris on November 30, 1929. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery.
References
External links
*
The Political Graveyard'
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kenyon, Raymond T.
1878 births
1929 deaths
Politicians from Syracuse, New York
Syracuse University alumni
People from Jay, New York
American dentists
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Town supervisors in New York (state)
American Freemasons
20th-century members of the New York State Legislature