Anthony Kennedy (Maryland politician)

Anthony Kennedy
United States Senator from Maryland
In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by	Thomas Pratt
Succeeded by	Reverdy Johnson
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from Baltimore City
In office January 2, 1856 – March 4, 1857
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Jefferson County
In office December 6, 1841 – December 5, 1842 Serving with John Moler
Preceded by	George B. Stephenson
Succeeded by	William C. Worthington
In office December 2, 1839 – December 1, 1840 Serving with William C. Worthington
Preceded by	George Reynolds
Succeeded by	George B. Stephenson
Personal details
Born	(1810-12-21)December 21, 1810 Baltimore, Maryland, US
Died	July 31, 1892(1892-07-31) (aged 81) Annapolis, Maryland, US
Political party	Whig, Know Nothing
Spouse	Sarah Stephena Dandridge ​ ​ (m. 1832; died 1846)​
Relations	John P. Kennedy (brother)
Children	3

Anthony Kennedy (December 21, 1810 – July 31, 1892) was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1857 to 1863. He was the brother of United States Secretary of the Navy John P. Kennedy.

Early life

Kennedy was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to merchant John Kennedy (1769–1836) and Anne Clayton (née Pendleton) Kennedy (1776–1854). His parents sent him to Charles Town, Virginia, (now West Virginia) in 1821, where he attended the Jefferson Academy.

Career

He studied law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1839 to 1843 and a magistrate on the bench of the Jefferson County Court in Virginia for ten years.

Kennedy was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for election in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress and declined the offer of President Millard Fillmore to be consul to Havana, Cuba, in 1850. He returned to Baltimore in 1851 and was elected as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1856.

Kennedy was elected by the American Party to the United States Senate and served from 1857 to 1863. He served as a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867, afterwards retiring from active political life.

Personal life

On 1832, Kennedy was married to Sarah Stephena Dandridge (1811–1846). They lived on his farm near Ellicott City, Maryland. Together, they were the parents of three children:

• Stephen Dandridge Kennedy (1834–1914), who married Frances Howell, a daughter of Lewis Howell and Margaret (née Armistead) Howell, in 1863. After her death, he married his cousin Mary Selden, a daughter of John D. Selden and Ann Rebecca (née Kennedy) Selden, in 1869.
• Philip Pendleton Kennedy, who died young.
• Agnes Spottiswoode Kennedy (1838–1907), who married Hall Harrison, a son of Rev. Hugh Thompson Harrison, in 1876.

Kennedy died in Annapolis, Maryland on July 31, 1892. He is interred in Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

Descendants

Through his son Stephen's first marriage, he was the grandfather of Frances Howell Hughes Kennedy, who married William Maurice Manly. From his son Stephen's second marriage, he was a grandfather of four more, including Anthony Kennedy (b. 1873), Mary (née Kennedy) Page (1875–1936), Margaret Hughes (née Kennedy) Cox (1877–1934), Agnes Gray (née Kennedy) Mason (1881–1960).

External links

• United States Congress. "Anthony Kennedy (id: K000103)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Anthony Kennedy at Find a Grave