- Andrew J. Kuykendall
Andrew Jackson Kuykendall (March 3, 1815 – May 11, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from
Illinois .Born in
Gallatin County, Illinois , Kuykendall completed preparatory studies and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice inVienna, Illinois . He served as member of theIllinois House of Representatives from 1842-1862.During the Civil War, Kuykendall served one year in the
Union Army as the major of the31st Illinois Infantry .Kuykendall was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867). He resumed the practice of law in
Vienna, Illinois . He later served as the county and probate judge ofJohnson County, Illinois from 1873-1881. He served as member of theIllinois State Senate from 1878-1882. He retired from public life and engaged in agricultural pursuits.A. J. Kuykendall died in Vienna, Illinois, May 11, 1891, and was interred in the Fraternal Cemetery.
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