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Kennedy, John Pendleton

lawyer, statesman, author, was born in October, 1795, in Baltimore, Md. He was a member of the house of delegates of Maryland in 1820, 1822, and 1846; and was speaker in the latter year. In 1838 he was elected to the house of representatives in the federal legislature, and served in that body through the twenty-fifth, twenty-seventh, and twenty-eighth congresses. In 1849 he was chosen by the regents of the university of Maryland to preside over that institution as provost. His principal works are: Annals of Quodlibet; At Home and Abroad; Swallow Barn; Horse- Shoe Robinson; Rob of the Bowl; and Life of William Wirt. He died Aug. 18, 1870, in Newport, R. I.

KENNEDY, JOSEPH CAMP GRIF- FITH, statistician, was born April 1, 1813, in Meadville, Pa. He was corresponding secretary of the National institute, and of the United States Agricultural society, and editor of the journal of the latter.

He was a member of the statistical board of Belgium; of the Geographical society of Prussia; of the statistical societies of France, England, and Ireland, and of other European and American associations. He died July 13, 1887, in Washington, D. C.