(1789-08-16)August 16, 1789 Dunstable, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
November 12, 1869(1869-11-12) (aged 80) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse(s)
Mary Woolfolk (Deceased 1823) Jane Kyle
Education
Dartmouth College (BA)
Signature
Amos Kendall (August 16, 1789 – November 12, 1869) was an American lawyer, journalist and politician. He rose to prominence as editor-in-chief of the Argus of Western America, an influential newspaper in Frankfort, the capital of the U.S. state of Kentucky. He used his newspaper, writing skills, and extensive political contacts to build the Democratic Party into a national political power.[1]
An ardent supporter of Andrew Jackson, he was appointed and served as United States Postmaster General during the Jackson and Martin Van Buren administrations. He was one of the most influential members of Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet", an unofficial group of Jackson's top appointees and advisors who set administration policy.[2] Returning to private life, Kendall wrote one of the first biographies of Jackson, which was published in 1843. He invested significantly in Samuel Morse's new invention, the telegraph. He became one of the most important figures in the transformation of the American news media in the 19th century.[3]
^Sloan and Startt, p. 108; Remini, Martin Van Buren, p. vii.
^O'Brien, McGuire, McPherson, and Gerstle, p. 230.
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written by AmosKendall. Kendall claimed he had seen the report only after it had been drafted and said he had only altered "one or two words". Kendall speculated...
longer free. 15 May 1845: Morse forms the Magnetic Telegraph Company with AmosKendall, Francis O.J. Smith, Ezra Cornell, and Orrin S. Wood, with a goal to...
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of State John Forsyth represented the South, and Postmaster General AmosKendall of Kentucky represented the West. For the position of Secretary of War...
of Western America was a newspaper published in Frankfort, Kentucky. AmosKendall was its editor-in-chief and William Gerrard its publisher. It was published...
Forsyth, Secretary of the Navy Levi Woodbury, and Postmaster General AmosKendall.: 83–84 Donelson's recovery halted in December as she again became severely...
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abolition pamphlets to the South himself, with the new Postmaster General AmosKendall affirming, even though he admitted he had no legal authority to do so...
Jackson's belief in his role as the representative of the common man. AmosKendall, who was the intellectual driving force behind Jackson's 1832 election...
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