Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
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1790-1791 | Democratic-Republican | |||
1791-1792 | Democratic-Republican | |||
1792-1793 | Democratic-Republican | |||
1793-1794 | Democratic-Republican |
COUNTIES: Cumberland, Mifflin
Captain Thomas Kennedy (Democratic-Republican) Cumberland and Mifflin Counties 1790-1794
Early Life:
Captain Thomas Kennedy, born 1745, Somerset County, Province of Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; son of Reverend William and Mary Ann Henderson Kennedy; married, Martha Brown, 1773 (d.1781), children, Judge John Kennedy, Thomas Kennedy Jr., Jane Kennedy, Nancy Agnes Kennedy; married, Margaret Howard McFarland, 1783, children, William Kennedy, Anna Kennedy, Elizabeth Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, William Kennedy, James McFarlane Kennedy, Hugh Kennedy, Samuel Hugh Kennedy, James Kennedy; resided, South Middleton Township, Cumberland County; captain, 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion, Cumberland County Pennsylvania Militia, 1777; elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1790-1794; Pennsylvania Sheriff, Somerset County, 1795, reelected, 1801, reelected, 1807; died, March 9, 1831 (aged 85–86) Somerset County, Pennsylvania; Interment, Big Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Early Career:
Captain, Cumberland County Pennsylvania Militia, 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion, under Colonel John Davis, took an oath of allegiance, 1777; paid, Pennsylvania Supply Tax, 1782; Daughters American Revolution, Patriot Ancestor listing.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Elected, Democratic-Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, Cumberland and Mifflin Counties 1790-1794; original member, Pennsylvania State Senate.
Pennsylvania Sheriff, Somerset County, 1795, reelected, 1801, reelected, 1807.
Legacy:
Inscription
Sacred to the memory of Thomas Kennedy who departed this life March 9 AD 1831 in the 87th year of his age.
Cited:
Cox, Harold. "Senate Members K". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
A New Nation Votes (tufts.edu)
Capt Thomas Kennedy (1745-1831) - Find a Grave Memorial