THE 'OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER- V 1916.
Republican Candidate for United States Senator
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JOHN L. KENNEDY was born
on a farm in Ayrshire, Scot
land, October 27th 1854. He at
tended the public school in Scot
land until he was twelve years of
age, when he was needed at home
on the farm. When he was nine
teen, he came to the United States
and farmed in LaSalle County,
Illinois, for four years. From the
farm he went to Galesburg, Illi
nois, and entered Knox College.
He remained at Knox about three
years. At different times he has
received from Knox College the
honorary degrees of Bachelor of
Arts, Master of Arts and Doctor
of Laws. '. ..
Mr. Kennedy graduated from
the law department of the State
University of Iowa in 1882, and
in December of that year he came
to ' Omaha and engaged in the
practice of law. From 1882 to
1888 he was a member of the firm
of Kennedy & Martin. . .In 1888
Myron L. Learned succeeded Mr.
Martin, and the partnership of
Kennedy & Learned continued for
nineteen years, being dissolved by
mutual consent in 1907. ,
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JOHN L. KENNEDY.
During his thirty-three years'
residence in Omaha, Mr. Kennedy
has been actively identified with
the development of the city, and
has contributed largely to various
buildings erected within the last
few years. He was one of the
moving spirits in the building of
the Fontenelle Hotel, and served
,as chairman of the building com
mittee. He is a director of the
Commercial Club of Omaha and
during 1915 served as Chairman
of the Public Affairs Committee.
Mr. Kennedy is a Presbyte
rian, and has been a member of
the First Presbyterian Church of
Omaha for more than thirty
years. His family consists of his
wife and three children.
In the Fifty-ninth Congress
(1905-1907) Mr. Kennedy repre
sented the Second Congressional
District. In 1911 he was chairman
of the Republican State Commit
tee, when the entire Republican
state ticket was elected. He has
always been a Republican and is
now the Republican candidate for
United States Senator.-
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JohnB.
B a t n e
Candidate for
Judge, of the Supreme
Court
T j UDGE BARNES came
J to Nebraska in the
Spring of 1871, and
engaged in the practice of his
profession. He was elected
district attorney of the Sixth'
judicial district in 1875, and
served two terms. He was
appointed judge of his district
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by Governor Nance, served out
the term of his appointment
and was elected for the term of
four years. At the end of that
time he declined a re-nomina-tiori
and resumed the practice
,of law, which he followed for
twenty years without being a
candidate for any office. In
1901 he was appointed supreme
court commissioner, and in 1903
he was elected as a judge of
that court. He has served the
state faithfully since that time
and is now a candidate for re
election. Judge Barnes has al
ways done his full share of thep
work and has kept his part of
it up to date. His opinions
have given general satisfaction
to litigants and the bar, and he
should be re-elected.
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