Charles A. Kennedy

American politician

Charles A. Kennedy


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
In office March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1921
Constituency	Iowa's 1st district
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
In office 1902–1904

Personal details
Born	Charles Augustus Kennedy (1869-03-24)March 24, 1869 Montrose, Iowa
Died	January 10, 1951(1951-01-10) (aged 81) Montrose, Iowa
Political party	Republican
Occupation	Politician

Charles Augustus Kennedy (March 24, 1869 – January 10, 1951) was a seven-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district in southeastern Iowa.

Biography

Born in Montrose, Iowa, Kennedy completed preparatory studies. He was interested in horticultural pursuits and later engaged in business as a nurseryman. He served as mayor of Montrose from 1890 to 1895. He served as member of the Iowa House of Representatives for one two-year term between 1903 and 1905.

In 1906, Kennedy was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress. At the time of his nomination, his political philosophy was described as "strongly standpat,"^[1] a reference to the "stand-patters" faction of the Republican Party that provided a conservative alternative to the Party's progressive wing. He was re-elected six times, before choosing not to run for re-election in 1920. He served as chairman of the Committee on Mileage (in the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses), and the Committee on Rivers and Harbors (in the Sixty-sixth Congress).^[2] In all, he served from March 4, 1907 to March 3, 1921.

He engaged in banking until his retirement. He died in Montrose on January 10, 1951. He was interred in Montrose Cemetery.

References

^ "Kennedy Named for Congress," Semi-Weekly Reporter (Waterloo, IA), June 8, 1906 at p. 1.
^ "Congessmen of Iowa on Job for Prolonged Grind". The Evening Courier and Reporter. Washington, D.C. May 19, 1919. p. 3. Retrieved July 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

United States Congress. "Charles A. Kennedy (id: K000104)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Thomas Hedge	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 1st congressional district 1907–1921	Succeeded by William F. Kopp

Chairs of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Public Buildings and Grounds
(1837–1947)

Rivers and Harbors
(1883–1947)

Roads
(1913–1947)

Flood Control
(1916–1947)

Transportation and Infrastructure*
(1947–)

Note

^* Alternately named Public Works in 80th through 93rd Congresses and Public Works and Transportation in 94th through 103rd Congresses.

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa
1st	W. Thompson Miller Henn A. Hall S. Curtis J. F. Wilson McCrary Stone McCoid B. Hall Gear Seerley Gear S. Clark Hedge Kennedy Kopp Eicher Martin Schwengel Schmidhauser Schwengel Mezvinsky Leach Nussle Braley Blum Finkenauer Hinson Miller-Meeks
2nd	Leffler L. Clark J. P. Cook Thorington Davis Vandever Price Smyth W. Wolf Cotton Tufts Price Farwell Murphy Hayes G. Curtis Lane Rumple Wade Dawson Pepper Vollmer Hull Letts B. Jacobsen W. Jacobsen Talle L. Wolf Bromwell Culver Blouin Tauke Nussle Leach Loebsack Miller-Meeks Hinson
3rd	Allison Donnan Ainsworth Burdick Updegraff Henderson Birdsall Pickett Connolly Sweet Robinson Willford Gwynne Gross Grassley Evans Nagle Lightfoot Boswell Latham Young Axne Nunn
4th	Grinnell Loughridge Walden Pratt Deering Weller Fuller Sweney Butler Updegraff Haugen Biermann Talle LeCompte Carter Kyl Bandstra Kyl N. Smith Ganske Latham King Feenstra
5th	Kasson G. Dodge Palmer J. Wilson R. Clark W. G. Thompson J. Wilson Frederick Kerr J. Hamilton Cousins Good Cole Thurston LeCompte Cunningham N. Smith Scherle Harkin Lightfoot Grandy Latham King
6th	A. Hubbard Pomeroy Orr Loughridge Sampson Weaver Cutts J. C. Cook Cutts J. C. Cook Weaver Lacey White Lacey D. Hamilton Kendall Kirkpatrick Ramseyer Dowell Utterback Dowell Goodwin Cunningham Gilchrist J. I. Dolliver Coad Hoeven Greigg Mayne Bedell Grandy
7th	Kasson Cummings E. Gillette Kasson H. Smith Conger Hays Hull Prouty Dowell Wearin Jensen Hansen Scherle
8th	McDill Sapp Hepburn Anderson Flick Hepburn Jamieson Towner Evans Thurston Gilchrist Hoeven
9th	Orr Oliver Carpenter Pusey Lyman Reed Bowman Hager McPherson W. Smith Green Vincent Swanson G. Gillette Harrington Narey
10th	Holmes J. P. Dolliver Conner Woods Dickinson Gilchrist
11th	Struble Perkins Thomas E. Hubbard Scott Steele Scott Boies Campbell
AL	Hastings Leffler
Terr	Chapman A. Dodge

Iowa's delegation(s) to the 60th–66th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority)

60th	Senate: ▌W. Allison (R) ▌J. Dolliver (R) ▌A. Cummins (R)	House: ▌W. Hepburn (R) ▌J. Hull (R) ▌R. Cousins (R) ▌G. Haugen (R) ▌W. Smith (R) ▌J. Conner (R) ▌B. Birdsall (R) ▌A. Dawson (R) ▌E. Hubbard (R) ▌D. Hamilton (D) ▌C. Kennedy (R)
61st	Senate: ▌J. Dolliver (R) ▌A. Cummins (R) ▌L. Young (R)	House: ▌J. Hull (R) ▌G. Haugen (R) ▌W. Smith (R) ▌A. Dawson (R) ▌E. Hubbard (R) ▌C. Kennedy (R) ▌J. Good (R) ▌W. Jamieson (D) ▌N. Kendall (R) ▌C. Pickett (R) ▌F. Woods (R)
62nd	Senate: ▌A. Cummins ▌L. Young ▌W. Kenyon	House: ▌G. Haugen (R) ▌W. Smith (R) ▌E. Hubbard (R) ▌C. Kennedy (R) ▌J. Good (R) ▌N. Kendall (R) ▌C. Pickett (R) ▌F. Woods (R) ▌I. Pepper (D) ▌S. Prouty (R) ▌H. Towner (R) ▌W. Green (R) ▌G. Scott (R)
63rd	Senate: ▌A. Cummins (R) ▌W. Kenyon (R)	House: ▌G. Haugen (R) ▌C. Kennedy (R) ▌J. Good (R) ▌F. Woods (R) ▌I. Pepper (D) ▌S. Prouty (R) ▌H. Towner (R) ▌W. Green (R) ▌G. Scott (R) ▌M. Connolly (D) ▌S. Kirkpatrick (D) ▌H. Vollmer (D)
64th	Senate: ▌A. Cummins (R) ▌W. Kenyon (R)	House: ▌G. Haugen (R) ▌C. Kennedy (R) ▌J. Good (R) ▌F. Woods (R) ▌H. Towner (R) ▌W. Green (R) ▌C. Dowell (R) ▌H. Hull (R) ▌C. Ramseyer (R) ▌T. Steele (D) ▌B. Sweet (R)
65th	Senate: ▌A. Cummins (R) ▌W. Kenyon (R)	House: ▌G. Haugen (R) ▌C. Kennedy (R) ▌J. Good (R) ▌F. Woods (R) ▌H. Towner (R) ▌W. Green (R) ▌G. Scott (R) ▌C. Dowell (R) ▌H. Hull (R) ▌C. Ramseyer (R) ▌B. Sweet (R)
66th	Senate: ▌A. Cummins (R) ▌W. Kenyon (R)	House: ▌G. Haugen (R) ▌C. Kennedy (R) ▌J. Good (R) ▌H. Towner (R) ▌W. Green (R) ▌C. Dowell (R) ▌H. Hull (R) ▌C. Ramseyer (R) ▌B. Sweet (R) ▌W. Boies (R) ▌L. Dickinson (R)