Representative from Monroe county and Speaker of the House in the Thirty-second General Assembly, was born near Chariton, Iowa, on March 17, 1868.of American parentage, and received all the education he possesses in the rural schools of Lucas county. In 1887 he removed to Albia, Monroe county, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of law. He was married April 20, 1896, to Miss Belle Wooden of Centerville. Prior to entering the Legislature he had served one term as city attorney of Albia, two terms as county attorney of Monroe county and three terms as member of the Republican state central committee from the Sixth Congressional District. He was first elected to the House in 1899 and has been returned biennially since that time. In the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies he was chairman of the House Committee on Mines and Mining and in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first General Assemblies he was chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary. At the organization of the Thirty-second General Assembly he was elected by acclamation to the office of Speaker of the House, receiving the unanimous support of Republicans and Democrats alike. A Republican in politics.

Representative from Monroe county and Speaker of the House in the Thirty-second General Assembly. Born near Chariton, Iowa, of American parentage, and received all the education he possesses in the rural schools of Lucas County. In 1887, he removed to Albia, Monroe county, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of law. He was married April 20, 1896, to Miss Belle Wooden of Centerville. Prior to entering the Legislature he had served one term as city attorney of Albia, two terms as county attorney of Monroe county and three terms as member of the Republican state central committee from the Sixth Congressional District. He was first elected to the House in 1899 and has been returned biennially since that time. In the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies he was chairman of the House Committee on Mines and Mining and in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first General Assemblies he was chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary. At the organization of the Thirty-second General Assembly he was elected by acclamation to the office of Speaker of the House, receiving the unanimous support of Republicans and Democrats alike. In 1908, Kendall ran as a Republican for U.S. House seat for Iowa’s 6th congressional district, held by incumbent one-term Democrat Daniel W. Hamilton. Defeating Hamilton in a close race, Kendall served in the Sixty-first Congress, then was re-elected in 1910, serving in the Sixty-second Congress. He won the Republican primary in June 1912 over two challengers, but pulled out of the race in August, citing health concerns.

Representative from Monroe county and Speaker of the House in the Thirty-second General Assembly. Born near Chariton, Iowa, of American parentage, and received all the education he possesses in the rural schools of Lucas County. In 1887, he removed to Albia, Monroe county, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of law. He was married April 20, 1896, to Miss Belle Wooden of Centerville. Prior to entering the Legislature he had served one term as city attorney of Albia, two terms as county attorney of Monroe county and three terms as member of the Republican state central committee from the Sixth Congressional District. He was first elected to the House in 1899 and has been returned biennially since that time. In the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies he was chairman of the House Committee on Mines and Mining and in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first General Assemblies he was chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary. At the organization of the Thirty-second General Assembly he was elected by acclamation to the office of Speaker of the House, receiving the unanimous support of Republicans and Democrats alike. In 1908, Kendall ran as a Republican for U.S. House seat for Iowa’s 6th congressional district, held by incumbent one-term Democrat Daniel W. Hamilton. Defeating Hamilton in a close race, Kendall served in the Sixty-first Congress, then was re-elected in 1910, serving in the Sixty-second Congress. He won the Republican primary in June 1912 over two challengers, but pulled out of the race in August, citing health concerns.

Representative from Monroe county and Speaker of the House in the Thirty-second General Assembly. Born near Chariton, Iowa, of American parentage, and received all the education he possesses in the rural schools of Lucas County. In 1887, he removed to Albia, Monroe county, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of law. He was married April 20, 1896, to Miss Belle Wooden of Centerville. Prior to entering the Legislature he had served one term as city attorney of Albia, two terms as county attorney of Monroe county and three terms as member of the Republican state central committee from the Sixth Congressional District. He was first elected to the House in 1899 and has been returned biennially since that time. In the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies he was chairman of the House Committee on Mines and Mining and in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first General Assemblies he was chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary. At the organization of the Thirty-second General Assembly he was elected by acclamation to the office of Speaker of the House, receiving the unanimous support of Republicans and Democrats alike. In 1908, Kendall ran as a Republican for U.S. House seat for Iowa’s 6th congressional district, held by incumbent one-term Democrat Daniel W. Hamilton. Defeating Hamilton in a close race, Kendall served in the Sixty-first Congress, then was re-elected in 1910, serving in the Sixty-second Congress. He won the Republican primary in June 1912 over two challengers, but pulled out of the race in August, citing health concerns.

Representative from Monroe county and Speaker of the House in the Thirty-second General Assembly. Born near Chariton, Iowa, of American parentage, and received all the education he possesses in the rural schools of Lucas County. In 1887, he removed to Albia, Monroe county, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of law. He was married April 20, 1896, to Miss Belle Wooden of Centerville. Prior to entering the Legislature he had served one term as city attorney of Albia, two terms as county attorney of Monroe county and three terms as member of the Republican state central committee from the Sixth Congressional District. He was first elected to the House in 1899 and has been returned biennially since that time. In the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies he was chairman of the House Committee on Mines and Mining and in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first General Assemblies he was chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary. At the organization of the Thirty-second General Assembly he was elected by acclamation to the office of Speaker of the House, receiving the unanimous support of Republicans and Democrats alike. In 1908, Kendall ran as a Republican for U.S. House seat for Iowa’s 6th congressional district, held by incumbent one-term Democrat Daniel W. Hamilton. Defeating Hamilton in a close race, Kendall served in the Sixty-first Congress, then was re-elected in 1910, serving in the Sixty-second Congress. He won the Republican primary in June 1912 over two challengers, but pulled out of the race in August, citing health concerns.