BIO: John Stanislaus Kennedy; New York State
surname: Kennedy

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An Illustrated Legislative Manual
The New York Red Book
Containing the Portraits and Biographies of the U.S. Senators, Governor, State
Officers and Members of the Legislature; also with the Portraits of Judges and
Court Reporters, the New Constitution of the State, Election and Population
Statistics, and General Facts of Interest.
By Edgar L. Murlin
New Constitution Compiled by R. C. Cumming, O. L. Potter and F. B. Gilbert
Published, Albany, J. B. Lyon Company, Publishers, 1909

Copyright by J. B. Lyon Company, 1909

     John Stanislaus Kennedy, Secretary to the Public Service Commission,
Second District, was born at Corning, New York, November 11, 1867, a son of
Thomas Kennedy, who was for many years connected with the freight department
of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company at Corning. He
attended the common schools and was graduated from the Corning Free Academy in
1885. He then entered the employment of the Fall Brook Railroad as a clerk, a
position he held for thirteen years.

     In 1892 he was appointed City Clerk of Corning, and served for two
years. In 1894 and 1895 he represented the second district of Corning in the
Board of Supervisors of Steuben county, and for two folloing years was a
member of the Board of Aldermen of the city of Corning. He was for fourteen
years chairman of the Republican City Committee of Corning.

     In 1898 Mr. Kennedy was appointed Postmaster of Corning by President
McKinley, and was reappointed by President Roosevelt. On August 25, 1905, he
was appointed Secretary of the State Board of Railroad Commissioners, and on
July 16, 1907, he was appointed Secretary to the Public Service Commission,
Second District.

     He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Fort Orange Club of Albany,
Corning Club, and of the New York Railroad Club.

     On September 11, 1898, he married Miss Elizabeth G. Stanton, daughter of
P. E. Stanton of Buffalo, New York.