AMBROSE KENNEDY

Kennedy, Ambrose (1875-1967), a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Blackstone, Worcester County, Mass., on December 1, 1875; attended the Blackstone public schools and St. Hyacinthe’s College, Province of Quebec, Canada; was graduated from Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., in 1897; principal of the Blackstone High School 1898-1904 and superintendent of schools 1906-1908; was graduated from the Boston University Law School in 1906; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Woonsocket, R.I.; aide-de-camp on the personal staff of Gov. Aram J. Pothier with the rank of colonel 1909-1913; member of the State house of representatives 1911-1913, serving as speaker in 1912; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1923); was not a candidate for renomination in 1922; resumed the practice of law; died in Woonsocket, R.I., March 10, 1967; interment in St. Paul’s Cemetery, Blackstone, Mass.
Father's name: Patrick
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's name: Mary
Mother's birthplace: Ireland
Spouse: Anastasia [Kennedy] b. abt 1880 Massachusetts
Marriage: abt 1910
Children:
Ambrose A Kennedy b. abt 1911 Rhode Island
James F Kennedy b. abt 1913 Rhode Island
John E Kennedy b. abt 1915 Rhode Island
George Kennedy b. abt 1920 Rhode Island

Sources:
United States Federal Census
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell