Ambrose Kennedy

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| honorific_prefix =

| name = Ambrose Kennedy

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| image = Ambrose Kennedy (Rhode Island Congressman).jpg

| state = Rhode Island

| district = 3rd

| term_start = 1913

| term_end = March 3, 1923

| predecessor = District created

| successor = Jeremiah E. O'Connell

| pronunciation =

| birth_name = Ambrose Patrick Kennedy

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|12|01}}

| birth_place = Blackstone, Massachusetts

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|03|10|1875|12|01}}

| death_place = Woonsocket, Rhode Island

| resting_place = St. Paul's Cemetery
Blackstone, Massachusetts

| nationality = American

| party = Republican

| spouse = {{marriage|Anastacia Leahy
|September 1, 1909|1967|reason=died}}

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| alma_mater = College of the Holy Cross (BA)
Boston University (LLB)

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Ambrose Patrick Kennedy (December 1, 1875 – March 10, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.

Early life

Kennedy was born in Blackstone, Massachusetts on December 1, 1875, the son of Patrick Kennedy and Mary ({{nee}} McCormick) Kennedy. He attended the Blackstone public schools and St. Hyacinthe's College, Province of Quebec, Canada.

He graduated from College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1897. He graduated from the Boston University Law School in 1906.

Career

He served as principal of the Blackstone High School from 1898 to 1904 and as superintendent of schools 1906 to 1908. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He served as aide-de-camp on the personal staff of Gov. Aram J. Pothier with the rank of Colonel from 1909 to 1913.{{cite web |title=U.S. Rep. Ambrose Kennedy |url=https://riheritagehalloffame.com/us-rep-ambrose-kennedy/ |website=riheritagehalloffame.com |publisher=Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame |access-date=18 November 2024}}

=Political career=

From 1911 to 1913, he was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, serving as speaker in 1912.

Kennedy was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1913 until March 3, 1923. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1922 and was succeeded in office by Jeremiah E. O'Connell. He resumed the practice of law.

Personal life

On September 1, 1909 at Middleborough, Massachusetts, Kennedy was married to teacher Anastacia Genevieve Leahy (1880–1968), a daughter of Michael A. Leahy and Julia M. O'Hara. Together, they had four children including: Ambrose, born 1911; James, born 1913; John, born 1916; and George, born 1920.

He died in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, March 10, 1967. He was interred in St. Paul's Cemetery, Blackstone, Massachusetts.{{cite web |title=KENNEDY, Ambrose 1875 – 1967 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/K000100 |website=bioguide.congress.gov |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=18 November 2024}}