Ambrose Kennedy
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Ambrose Kennedy (December 1, 1875 - March 10, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
Born in Blackstone, Massachusetts, Kennedy attended the Blackstone public schools and St. Hyacinthe's College, Province of Quebec, Canada. He was graduated from Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1897. Principal of the Blackstone High School 1898-1904 and superintendent of schools 1906-1908. He was graduated from the Boston University Law School in 1906. 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 1909-1913. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1911-1913, serving as speaker in 1912.
Kennedy was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1923). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1922. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, March 10, 1967. He was interred in St. Paul's Cemetery, Blackstone, Massachusetts.
