A $10 National Bank Note, Series 1882 Brown Back, from the First National Bank of Sheridan, WY with the hand-signed signature of John B. Kendrick.
John Benjamin Kendrick was born near Rusk, Texas to John Harvey Kendrick and Anna Maye on September 6, 1857. He grew up on his family's ranch and attended a public school in Florence, Texas until the seventh grade.[1]
In March 1879 he was employed by Charles W. Wulfjen to move cattle from Texas to Wyoming.[2] He arrived in the Wyoming Territory in August 1879 and settled on a ranch near Sheridan, where he raised cattle as a cowboy, ranch foreman, and later cattle company owner.[2] In 1883 he returned to Texas and bought a cattle herd to establish his ranch in Wyoming.[3] He married Eula Wulfjen on January 20, 1891.[4] In 1895 he purchased the property in Nielsen Heights for his future home, and in 1908 began construction on the home, which came to be called Trails End.[5] In 1970, Trails End was added to the National Register of Historic Places; in 1982 it was donated to the state of Wyoming for operation as a museum.[5]
Kendrick worked as foreman for his father-in-law's cattle company from 1879 until 1883. He was employed by and invested into the Lance Creek Cattle Company and the Converse Cattle Company which he later became owner of in 1897.[2] Kendrick became president of the First National Bank of Sheridan in 1900 and served until 1902.[2]
He then served as Governor of Wyoming from 1915 until he resigned in 1917, having been elected as a Democratic candidate to the United States Senate in 1916. Kendrick was reelected to the Senate in 1922 and 1928 and served from March 4, 1917, until his death at Sheridan, Wyoming, in 1933.[9] In 1932 he received an honorary law degree from the University of Wyoming.[10]
He was credited with beginning the investigations into the Teapot Dome scandal, a bribery incident that took place from 1922 until 1923, and was considered as a candidate in the 1924 and 1928 presidential elections. During the 1924 presidential election, Wyoming's six Democratic delegates were instructed to vote for Kendrick at the 1924 Democratic National Convention and did so for the first three ballots.[11] During the 1928 presidential election, he was considered as a possible vice presidential nominee, but the nomination was later given to Senator Minority Leader Joseph Taylor Robinson at the convention.[12]
Trail End, completed in 1913, is located in Sheridan, Wyoming. Known locally as the Kendrick Mansion, it was the home of John B. Kendrick and his family. It is now a house museum operated by the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources
On November 2, 1933 Kendrick fell into a coma and was initially diagnosed with a cerebral hemorrhage, but they later determined that he suffered a uremia and died the next day.[14] Governor Edwin C. Johnson praised him for his service as senator and Kendrick was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Sheridan, Wyoming.[15][16] First Assistant Postmaster General Joseph C. O'Mahoney was appointed by Governor Leslie A. Miller to fill the vacancy created by Kendrick's death and won the Senate special election to fill out the rest of Kendrick's term in 1934.[17]
^"John B. Kendrick, Wyoming Senator, Dies Aged 76". Hartford Courant. November 4, 1933. p. 4. from the original on January 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Death Claims Wyoming Senior Senator Friday". The Billings Gazette. November 4, 1933. p. 2. from the original on January 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ab"John Benjamin Kendrick (1857–1933)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
^ abcGeorgen, Cynde A. (2004). One cowboy's dream : John B. Kendrick, his family, home, and ranching empire (2nd ed., rev ed.). Virginia Beach: Donning Co. Publishers. ISBN1-57864-239-6. OCLC 53485392.
^"Death Claims Wyoming Senior Senator Friday". The Boston Globe. May 18, 1922. p. 76. from the original on January 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Clark Returns to Washington". Natrona County Tribune. February 11, 1911. p. 2. from the original on January 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Senator F. E. Warren Wins". Natrona County Tribune. November 21, 1912. p. 2. from the original on January 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Sen. John Kendrick". Govtrack.us. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
^ ab"Wyoming Governor John Benjamin Kendrick". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
^"Wyoming First West State To Offer 'Timber'". Great Falls Tribune. May 13, 1924. p. 1. from the original on January 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Consider Naming Kendrick for Vice President". The Pittsburgh Press. June 23, 1928. p. 13. from the original on January 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"KENDRICK, John Benjamin, (1857–1933)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
^"Kendrick Dies; Rose to Senate From a Saddle". The Times Dispatch. November 4, 1933. p. 1. from the original on January 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Gov. Johnson of Colorado Praises Late Statesman". Casper Star-Tribune. November 5, 1933. p. 2. from the original on January 15, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"State Of Coma Grips Veteran U.S. Senator". Casper Star-Tribune. November 2, 1933. p. 1. from the original on January 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Miller Names O'Mahoney To Seat In Senate". Jackson's Hole Courier. November 16, 1933. p. 1. from the original on January 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"John Benjamin Kendrick". NNDB. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
Further reading
Georgen, Cynde. In the shadow of the Bighorns: A history of early Sheridan and the Goose Creek valley of northern Wyoming. Sheridan, Wyoming: Sheridan County Historical Society, 2010. ISBN978-0-9792871-7-6
Georgen, Cynde A. One cowboy's dream: John B. Kendrick, his family, home, and ranching empire. 2nd edition, revised. Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company Publishers, 2004. ISBN1-57864-239-6
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Bartlett, Ichabod S. (1918). History of Wyoming. Chicago, IL, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. History of Wyoming
Peterson, C.S. (1915). Men of Wyoming. Denver, CO, C.S. Peterson Publisher. Men of Wyoming: The National Newspaper Reference Book of Wyoming Containing Photographs and Biographies of Over Three Hundred Men Residents
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Senator Kendrick redirects here For other uses see Senator Kendrick disambiguation John Benjamin Kendrick September 6 1857 November 3 1933 was an American politician and cattleman who served as a United States senator from Wyoming and as the ninth Governor of Wyoming as a member of the Democratic Party John B KendrickUnited States Senatorfrom WyomingIn office March 4 1917 November 3 1933Serving with Francis E Warren 1917 1929 Patrick Joseph Sullivan 1929 1930 Robert D Carey 1930 1933 Preceded byClarence D ClarkSucceeded byJoseph C O Mahoney9th Governor of WyomingIn office January 4 1915 February 26 1917Preceded byJoseph M CareySucceeded byFrank L HouxMember of the Wyoming State SenateIn office 1910 1914Succeeded byTheodore C DiersPersonal detailsBornJohn Benjamin Kendrick 1857 09 06 September 6 1857Rusk Texas U S DiedNovember 3 1933 1933 11 03 aged 76 Sheridan Wyoming U S Political partyDemocraticSpouseEula WulfjenChildren2ParentsJohn Harvey Kendrick father Anna Maye mother Contents 1 Early life 2 Politics 3 Personal Life 4 Electoral history 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksEarly life Edit A 10 National Bank Note Series 1882 Brown Back from the First National Bank of Sheridan WY with the hand signed signature of John B Kendrick John Benjamin Kendrick was born near Rusk Texas to John Harvey Kendrick and Anna Maye on September 6 1857 He grew up on his family s ranch and attended a public school in Florence Texas until the seventh grade 1 In March 1879 he was employed by Charles W Wulfjen to move cattle from Texas to Wyoming 2 He arrived in the Wyoming Territory in August 1879 and settled on a ranch near Sheridan where he raised cattle as a cowboy ranch foreman and later cattle company owner 2 In 1883 he returned to Texas and bought a cattle herd to establish his ranch in Wyoming 3 He married Eula Wulfjen on January 20 1891 4 In 1895 he purchased the property in Nielsen Heights for his future home and in 1908 began construction on the home which came to be called Trails End 5 In 1970 Trails End was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 it was donated to the state of Wyoming for operation as a museum 5 Kendrick worked as foreman for his father in law s cattle company from 1879 until 1883 He was employed by and invested into the Lance Creek Cattle Company and the Converse Cattle Company which he later became owner of in 1897 2 Kendrick became president of the First National Bank of Sheridan in 1900 and served until 1902 2 Politics EditIn 1909 he moved to Sheridan and was elected President of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association 6 He was a member of the Wyoming State Senate from 1910 to 1914 In 1911 he was given the Democratic Senate nomination by acclamation by other Democratic members of the legislature but was defeated by incumbent Senator Clarence D Clark 7 He was given the nomination again in 1912 but was also defeated by Senator Francis E Warren 8 He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Wyoming in 1916 and 1924 4 He then served as Governor of Wyoming from 1915 until he resigned in 1917 having been elected as a Democratic candidate to the United States Senate in 1916 Kendrick was reelected to the Senate in 1922 and 1928 and served from March 4 1917 until his death at Sheridan Wyoming in 1933 9 In 1932 he received an honorary law degree from the University of Wyoming 10 The Kendrick CabinetOfficeNameTermGovernorJohn B Kendrick1915 1917Secretary of StateFrank L Houx1915 1917State AuditorRobert B Forsyth1915 1917State TreasurerHerman B Gates1915 1917Superintendent of Public InstructionEdith K O Clark1915 1917He was credited with beginning the investigations into the Teapot Dome scandal a bribery incident that took place from 1922 until 1923 and was considered as a candidate in the 1924 and 1928 presidential elections During the 1924 presidential election Wyoming s six Democratic delegates were instructed to vote for Kendrick at the 1924 Democratic National Convention and did so for the first three ballots 11 During the 1928 presidential election he was considered as a possible vice presidential nominee but the nomination was later given to Senator Minority Leader Joseph Taylor Robinson at the convention 12 He served as chairman of the Committee on Canadian Relations Sixty fifth Congress and member of the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys Seventy third Congress 13 He introduced legislation that helped create the Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming 10 Personal Life Edit Trail End completed in 1913 is located in Sheridan Wyoming Known locally as the Kendrick Mansion it was the home of John B Kendrick and his family It is now a house museum operated by the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources His daughter Rosa Maye married army officer Hubert Reilly Harmon 5 On November 2 1933 Kendrick fell into a coma and was initially diagnosed with a cerebral hemorrhage but they later determined that he suffered a uremia and died the next day 14 Governor Edwin C Johnson praised him for his service as senator and Kendrick was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Sheridan Wyoming 15 16 First Assistant Postmaster General Joseph C O Mahoney was appointed by Governor Leslie A Miller to fill the vacancy created by Kendrick s death and won the Senate special election to fill out the rest of Kendrick s term in 1934 17 Kendrick was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners in the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1958 18 Electoral history EditJohn B Kendrick electoral history1911 Wyoming Senate election Party Candidate Votes Republican Clarence D Clark incumbent 46 57 50 Democratic John B Kendrick 34 42 50 Total votes 80 100 00 1912 Wyoming Senate election Party Candidate Votes Republican Francis E Warren incumbent 47 55 95 Democratic John B Kendrick 37 44 05 Total votes 84 100 00 1916 Wyoming Senate election Party Candidate Votes Democratic John B Kendrick 26 324 51 47 8 97 Republican Clarence D Clark incumbent 23 258 45 47 12 03 Socialist Paul L Paulsen 1 334 2 61 2 61 Prohibition Arthur B Campbell 231 0 45 0 45 Total votes 51 057 100 00 1922 Wyoming Senate election Party Candidate Votes Democratic John B Kendrick incumbent 35 734 56 75 5 28 Republican Frank Wheeler Mondell 26 627 42 28 3 19 Socialist William B Guthrie 612 0 97 1 64 Total votes 62 973 100 00 1928 Wyoming Senate election Party Candidate Votes Democratic John B Kendrick incumbent 43 032 53 50 3 25 Republican Charles E Winter 37 076 46 09 3 81 Socialist W W Wolfe 333 0 41 0 56 Total votes 80 441 100 00 See also EditList of United States Congress members who died in office 1900 49 References Edit John B Kendrick Wyoming Senator Dies Aged 76 Hartford Courant November 4 1933 p 4 Archived from the original on January 15 2020 via Newspapers com a b c d Peterson p 5 Death Claims Wyoming Senior Senator Friday The Billings Gazette November 4 1933 p 2 Archived from the original on January 15 2020 via Newspapers com a b John Benjamin Kendrick 1857 1933 The Political Graveyard Retrieved November 18 2012 a b c Georgen Cynde A 2004 One cowboy s dream John B Kendrick his family home and ranching empire 2nd ed rev ed Virginia Beach Donning Co Publishers ISBN 1 57864 239 6 OCLC 53485392 Death Claims Wyoming Senior Senator Friday The Boston Globe May 18 1922 p 76 Archived from the original on January 17 2020 via Newspapers com Clark Returns to Washington Natrona County Tribune February 11 1911 p 2 Archived from the original on January 15 2020 via Newspapers com Senator F E Warren Wins Natrona County Tribune November 21 1912 p 2 Archived from the original on January 15 2020 via Newspapers com Sen John Kendrick Govtrack us Retrieved November 18 2012 a b Wyoming Governor John Benjamin Kendrick National Governors Association Retrieved November 18 2012 Wyoming First West State To Offer Timber Great Falls Tribune May 13 1924 p 1 Archived from the original on January 17 2020 via Newspapers com Consider Naming Kendrick for Vice President The Pittsburgh Press June 23 1928 p 13 Archived from the original on January 17 2020 via Newspapers com KENDRICK John Benjamin 1857 1933 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved November 18 2012 Kendrick Dies Rose to Senate From a Saddle The Times Dispatch November 4 1933 p 1 Archived from the original on January 15 2020 via Newspapers com Gov Johnson of Colorado Praises Late Statesman Casper Star Tribune November 5 1933 p 2 Archived from the original on January 15 2020 via Newspapers com State Of Coma Grips Veteran U S Senator Casper Star Tribune November 2 1933 p 1 Archived from the original on January 14 2020 via Newspapers com Miller Names O Mahoney To Seat In Senate Jackson s Hole Courier November 16 1933 p 1 Archived from the original on January 14 2020 via Newspapers com John Benjamin Kendrick NNDB Retrieved November 18 2012 Further reading EditGeorgen Cynde In the shadow of the Bighorns A history of early Sheridan and the Goose Creek valley of northern Wyoming Sheridan Wyoming Sheridan County Historical Society 2010 ISBN 978 0 9792871 7 6 Georgen Cynde A One cowboy s dream John B Kendrick his family home and ranching empire 2nd edition revised Virginia Beach Virginia The Donning Company Publishers 2004 ISBN 1 57864 239 6External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to John B Kendrick Bartlett Ichabod S 1918 History of Wyoming Chicago IL The S J Clarke Publishing Company History of Wyoming Peterson C S 1915 Men of Wyoming Denver CO C S Peterson Publisher Men of Wyoming The National Newspaper Reference Book of Wyoming Containing Photographs and Biographies of Over Three Hundred Men Residents Trail End State Historic Site Kendrick Mansion John Benjamin Kendrick at Find a Grave The Political Graveyard John Benjamin Kendrick 1857 1933 Govtrack us Sen John Kendrick National Governors Association John B Kendrick Papers at the University of Wyoming American Heritage CenterParty political officesPreceded byJoseph M Carey Democratic nominee for Governor of Wyoming1914 Succeeded byFrank L HouxFirst Democratic nominee for U S Senator from Wyoming Class 1 1916 1922 1928 Succeeded byJoseph C O MahoneyPolitical officesPreceded byJoseph M Carey Governor of WyomingJanuary 4 1915 February 26 1917 Succeeded byFrank L HouxU S SenatePreceded byClarence D Clark U S Senator Class 1 from Wyoming1917 1933 Succeeded byJoseph C O Mahoney Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John B Kendrick amp oldid 1134096414, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
