John Edward Kenna was an American politician who was a Senator from West Virginia from 1883 until his death. Kenna was born near St. Albans, in Kanawha County, Virginia, which became part of the state of West Virginia in 1863. He had little education, and at the age of 16 he served in the "Iron Brigade" with General Joseph O. Shelby in the Confederate States Army and was wounded. After returning home, he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1870.

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  • John Edward Kenna was an American politician who was a Senator from West Virginia from 1883 until his death. Kenna was born near St. Albans, in Kanawha County, Virginia, which became part of the state of West Virginia in 1863. He had little education, and at the age of 16 he served in the "Iron Brigade" with General Joseph O. Shelby in the Confederate States Army and was wounded. After returning home, he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1870. He became very active in the emerging Democratic Party of West Virginia. He rose from prosecuting attorney of Kanawha County in 1872 to Justice pro tempore of the county circuit in 1875, and to the United States House of Representatives in 1876. While in the House he championed railroad legislation and crusaded for aid for slack-water navigation to help the coal, timber, and salt industries in his state. These activities earned him a seat in the United States Senate in 1883, where he continued fighting for his two causes. Kenna became Democratic minority leader and emerged as a powerful and controversial speaker on the issue of the independence of the executive branch of the government. He forcefully defended President Grover Cleveland on several issues and indicted the Senate Republican majority for failure to pass tariff reforms. His brilliant career was cut short with his sudden death at the age of 44 on January 11, 1893. In 1901, the state of West Virginia donated a marble statue of Kenna to the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection.
  • John Edward Kenna war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, der den Bundesstaat West Virginia in beiden Kammern des US-Kongresses vertrat.
  • ジョン・エドワード・ケンナ（英:John Edward Kenna、1848年4月10日-1893年1月11日）は、アメリカ合衆国ウェストバージニア州出身の民主党政治家であり、1883年からその死の1893年までウェストバージニア州選出のアメリカ合衆国上院議員を務めた。
  • John Edward Kenna, född 10 april 1848 i Kanawha County, Virginia, död 11 januari 1893 i Washington, D.C. , var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Han representerade West Virginia i båda kamrarna av . Kenna deltog i amerikanska inbördeskriget i Amerikas konfedererade staters armé. Han sårades i kriget, studerade sedan juridik och inledde 1870 sin karriär som advokat i West Virginia. Han var åklagare för Kanawha County 1872-1877. Kenna representerade West Virginias 3:e distrikt i 1877-1883. Han var därefter ledamot av från 4 mars 1883 fram till sin död. Kennas grav finns på Mount Olivet Cemetery i Charleston, West Virginia. Hans son Joseph Norris "Jo N. " Kenna (1888-1950) var delstatspolitiker och domare. En staty av John E. Kenna finns i National Statuary Hall Collection i Kapitoliumbyggnaden. Statyn är en av två statyer som representerar West Virginia i samlingen. Den andra statyn föreställer Francis Harrison Pierpont.
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  • West Virginia
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  • 1877–1883
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  • John Edward Kenna was an American politician who was a Senator from West Virginia from 1883 until his death. Kenna was born near St. Albans, in Kanawha County, Virginia, which became part of the state of West Virginia in 1863. He had little education, and at the age of 16 he served in the "Iron Brigade" with General Joseph O. Shelby in the Confederate States Army and was wounded. After returning home, he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1870.
  • John Edward Kenna war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, der den Bundesstaat West Virginia in beiden Kammern des US-Kongresses vertrat.
  • ジョン・エドワード・ケンナ（英:John Edward Kenna、1848年4月10日-1893年1月11日）は、アメリカ合衆国ウェストバージニア州出身の民主党政治家であり、1883年からその死の1893年までウェストバージニア州選出のアメリカ合衆国上院議員を務めた。
  • John Edward Kenna, född 10 april 1848 i Kanawha County, Virginia, död 11 januari 1893 i Washington, D.C. , var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Han representerade West Virginia i båda kamrarna av . Kenna deltog i amerikanska inbördeskriget i Amerikas konfedererade staters armé. Han sårades i kriget, studerade sedan juridik och inledde 1870 sin karriär som advokat i West Virginia. Han var åklagare för Kanawha County 1872-1877.
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  • John E. Kenna
  • John E. Kenna
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