John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870), a prominent American novelist in his time, served briefly as President Millard Fillmore's secretary of the Navy.John Pendleton Kennedy was the scion of a cultivated...
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Primarily a lawyer, politician, and businessman, Kennedy made a significant contribution to an emerging national literature in the 1830s with three volumes of fiction set in the South. The first of th...
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John Pendleton Kennedy led a full and active life, making contributions to the young nation in many varied contexts. Chiefly a politician and lawyer, he was also a businessman, speaker in the Maryland...
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John Pendleton Kennedy
John Pendleton Kennedy