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John E. Kenna 1848–1893


West Virginia
John E. Kenna 1848–1893

Kenna championed U.S. economic progress in West Virginia. As a Representative and a Senator, he crafted laws to spur the mining and timber industries in his home state. Kenna’s untimely death cut short his promising career in the Democratic Party.

Sculptor: Alexander Doyle
(John E. Kenna, 1897–1901), Marble
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