Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Kenyon, William Scheuneman

Kenyon, William Scheuneman, a Representative from New York; born in Catskill, Greene County, N.Y., December 13, 1820; attended a private academy in Catskill, and the Kinderhook Academy; was graduated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N.J., in 1842; studied law in Kingston, N.Y.; was admitted to the bar in Albany, N.Y. in 1846 and commenced practice in Kingston; one of the incorporators of the Ulster County Savings Bank and served as trustee for forty-four years; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861); was not a candidate for renomination in 1860; resumed the practice of law; delegate to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia in 1872 and at Cincinnati in 1876; judge of Ulster County 1883-1889; chairman of the Republican county committee many years; died in Kingston, Ulster County, N.Y., February 10, 1896; interment in Wiltwyck Rural Cemetery.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Kenyon, William Scheuneman," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1405 Original Sources, accessed March 28, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DDHX1EL9X2IGKY9.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Kenyon, William Scheuneman." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1405, Original Sources. 28 Mar. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DDHX1EL9X2IGKY9.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Kenyon, William Scheuneman' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1405. Original Sources, retrieved 28 March 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DDHX1EL9X2IGKY9.