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John P. Kennedy

1795 - 1870

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John Pendleton Kennedy (October 25, 1795 – August 18, 1870) was an American novelist, lawyer and Whig politician who served as United States Secretary of the Navy from July 26, 1852, to March 4, 1853, during the administration of President Millard Fillmore, and as a U.S. Representative from Maryland's 4th congressional district, during which he encouraged the United States government's study, adoption and implementation of the telegraph. A lawyer who became a lobbyist for and director of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Kennedy also served several terms in the Maryland General Assembly and became its Speaker in 1847. Kennedy later helped lead the effort to end slavery in Maryland, which, as a non-Confederate state, was not affected by the Emancipation Proclamation and required a state law to free slaves within its borders and to outlaw the furtherance of the practice. Kennedy also advocated religious tolerance, and furthered studies of Maryland history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John P. Kennedy is the 15,534th most popular politician (down from 15,487th in 2019), the 8,394th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,162nd in 2019) and the 636th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, John P. Kennedy ranks 15,534 out of 19,576. Before him are James Brady, Alain Krivine, Mikhail Chigir, Yan Gamarnik, Jill Evans, and Tulsi Gabbard. After him are Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, Mirko Šarović, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Whitney Smith, Ceolwulf I of Mercia, and José Hilario López.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, John P. Kennedy ranks 57. Before him are Luis José de Orbegoso, Nikolaos Mantzaros, José María Obando, Pedro María de Anaya, George Peabody, and Christian Friedrich Ecklon. After him are Pedro Blanco Soto, John Francis Davis, José Miguel de Velasco Franco, Charles Sturt, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, and Vasily Perovsky. Among people deceased in 1870, John P. Kennedy ranks 62. Before him are Albrecht von Graefe, Charles Joseph Minard, Thomas Campbell Eyton, Joséphine Fodor, Michael William Balfe, and Pascual Madoz. After him are Umihana Čuvidina, David Octavius Hill, Radhanath Sikdar, Emma Willard, George Henry Thomas, and William Gilmore Simms.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John P. Kennedy ranks 8,396 out of 20,380. Before him are Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), Duvall Hecht (1930), Da'Vine Joy Randolph (1986), Avery Brooks (1948), Eric Szmanda (1975), and Joan Van Ark (1943). After him are Ninja (1991), Commodore Cochran (1902), Whitney Smith (1940), Harve Presnell (1933), Mark Snow (1946), and Jimmy Giuffre (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John P. Kennedy ranks 636. Before him are Samuel J. Tilden (1814), Thomas Mifflin (1744), Sylvia Mathews Burwell (1965), John Langdon (1741), Lloyd Bentsen (1921), and James Brady (1940). After him are Whitney Smith (1940), Hamilton Fish (1808), Robert Bacon (1860), Henry Dearborn (1751), Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886), and George Pataki (1945).

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