- Robert P. Kennedy
Robert Patterson Kennedy (
January 23 ,1840 –May 6 ,1918 ) was a U.S. Representative fromOhio , as well as an officer in theUnion Army during theAmerican Civil War .Born in
Bellefontaine, Ohio , Kennedy attended the public schools andGeneva College in Northwood, Ohio. He was commissioned as asecond lieutenant in the23rd Ohio Infantry inJune 11 ,1861 . He served as a captain and assistantadjutant general dating fromOctober 7 ,1862 , and was promoted toMajor and assistant adjutant general onNovember 16 ,1864 . He resignedApril 8 ,1865 .Kennedy was commissioned as
colonel of the 196th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, onApril 14 ,1865 . He was brevetted aslieutenant colonel of Volunteers andbrigadier general of volunteers, both dating fromMarch 13 ,1865 .Upon the end of the war and his resignation from the volunteer army, Kennedy returned to
Bellefontaine, Ohio , where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Bellefontaine. He was appointed by PresidentRutherford B. Hayes as collector of internal revenue for the fourth district of Ohio, serving from 1878 to 1883. He was the Lieutenant Governor of Ohio from 1885–87.Kennedy was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (
March 4 ,1887 –March 3 ,1891 ). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1890.He was appointed by President
William McKinley in 1899 as a member of the Insular Commission, which was directed to investigate and report upon conditions existing inCuba andPuerto Rico and served as its president.Robert P. Kennedy died in
Columbus, Ohio , and was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery.Despite his name and profession, he was not related to the Kennedy political family.
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