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Samuel Austin Kendall (November 1, 1859 – January 8, 1933) was a Republican member of the
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from
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.


Biography

Samuel A. Kendall was born in
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. He attended the public schools and was a student for some time at
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, and at
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in
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. He taught school from 1876 to 1890 and served five years as superintendent of the public schools of
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. He returned to
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, in 1890 and engaged in the lumber business and the mining of
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. He was vice president of the Kendall Lumber Co. of
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, and president of the Preston Railroad Co. He served as member of the
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from 1899 to 1903. Kendall was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served until his death. He had been unsuccessful for reelection in
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, and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the
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in
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, before his successor
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was sworn in. He is interred in Hochstetler Cemetery, Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.


See also

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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include: *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949) *List ...


References


Sources

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The Political Graveyard


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* Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Schoolteachers from Iowa People from Somerset County, Pennsylvania American politicians who died by suicide University of Mount Union alumni Suicides by firearm in Washington, D.C. 1859 births 1933 suicides 1933 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania People from Valparaiso, Indiana People from Jefferson, Iowa Educators from Pennsylvania Educators from Indiana 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly 20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub