Amos Kendall papers, 1835-1909

Biographical Note

Date	Event
1789, Aug. 16	Born, Dunstable, Mass.
1807	Completed secondary studies, Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass.
1811	Graduated, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.Y.
1812-1814	Studied law, Groton, Mass.
1814	Moved to Kentucky; served as tutor in the household of Henry Clay
1816	Took charge of Argus of Western America, Frankfurt, Ky.
1818	Married Mary B. Woolfolk (died 1823)
1826	Changed political support from Henry Clay to Andrew Jackson Married Jane Kyle.
1829-1837	Member of President Andrew Jackson’s inner circle of advisors, known informally as the “Kitchen Cabinet”
circa 1830s	Edited and wrote for the Globe, a Jacksonian and Democratic organ published in Washington, D.C., and founded Kendall’s Expositor
1835-1840	Postmaster general
1843	Became agent for collection of claims against the government, including on behalf of Cherokee Indians
1845	Entered business partnership with Samuel Finley Breese Morse
1857	Helped found Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, which later became Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
1862	Helped found Calvary Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.
1869, Nov. 12	Died, Washington, D.C.