Martin John Kennedy of Manhattan, New York was a U.S. Representative from New York

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 from 1930 to 1945. He was a Democrat

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Kennedy was born in New York City

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 on August 29, 1892; attended the public schools; was graduated from Columbia University

Columbia University

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 in New York City in 1909 and from the College of the City of New York

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 in 1914; engaged in the real estate and insurance business in 1916; chairman of the New York City School Board 1918 - 1924; member of the State senate 1924 - 1930; served in the United States Army Intelligence 1915 - 1918; elected as a Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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 to the 71st United States Congress

71st United States Congress

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, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative John F. Carew

John F. Carew

John Francis Carew was a U.S. Representative from New York, nephew of Thomas Francis Magner.Born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, Carew attended the public schools of Brooklyn and New York City and the College of the City of New York. He graduated from Columbia College in 1893 and from...

, and reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses (April 11, 1930 - January 3, 1945); unsuccessful for renomination in 1944; resumed the real estate and insurance business; died on October 27, 1955, in New York City, N.Y.; interment in Calvary Cemetery, Maspeth, Long Island, N.Y