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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 8/20/1896
Birth Place: Rockbridge County, Virginia
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
Senate: 8 (1860) - 9 (1862)
Home County: Cedar
John Marshall Kent
Cedar County

EX-STATE SENATOR JOHN M. KENT died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elijah , near Clarence, Iowa, Aug 21, 1896. Mr. Kent was born in Rockbridge county, Va., Nov. 14, 1814. He came with his parents to Ohio at the age of four, and remained there twenty-four years. In 1852 he settled in Cedar county, Iowa, where he spent the remainder of his life. To fill a vacancy Mr. Kent was elected state senator in 1857, and re-elected in 1859. At the breaking out of the war he took much interest and aided in enlistments, and in 1864 was appointed army vote commissioner. This pioneer of Cedar county was an influential legislator, a useful, exemplary citizen, taking a leading part in all movements for the development of the country and the betterment of society.

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Senate District 21
Committees
8th GA (1860)
Legislation Sponsored
8th GA (1860)