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Kendall, Amos 1789-1869
Statesman; born in Dunstable, Mass., Aug. 16, 1789; graduated at Dartmouth in 1811; removed to Kentucky, and was admitted to the bar in 1814.
For some time he was tutor in Henry Clay's family; subsequently editor of several papers, of which the Argus of Western America, published in Frankfort, Ky., was the most influential; was Postmaster-General in 1835-40, during which time he freed that department of debt, besides introducing numerous reforms.
He published the Life of Andrew Jackson, private, military, and Civil.
He died in Washington, D. C., Nov. 11, 1869.
See kitchen cabinet.