Eugene F. Kinkead Explained

Birthname:Eugene Francis Kinkead
Eugene F. Kinkead
State1:New Jersey
Constituency1: (1909–13)
(1913–15)
Term Start1:March 4, 1909
Term End1:February 4, 1915
Predecessor1:Eugene W. Leake
Successor1:Edward W. Gray
Birth Date:27 March 1876
Birth Place:Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland
Death Place:South Orange, New Jersey
Restingplace:Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Party:Democratic

Eugene Francis Kinkead (March 27, 1876  - September 6, 1960), was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 9th congressional district from 1909 to 1913, and the 8th district from 1913 to 1915.

Biography

Kinkead was born while his parents were on a visit abroad, in Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland, United Kingdom on March 27, 1876. He attended parochial schools in Jersey City, New Jersey, and graduated from Seton Hall College in South Orange, New Jersey in 1895. He was president of the Jersey Railway Advertising Co. and the Orange Publishing Co. Kinkead was president of the board of aldermen of Jersey City in 1898.

Congress

Kinkead was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first, Sixty-second, and Sixty-third Congresses and served in office from March 4, 1909, until February 4, 1915, when he resigned.[1]

Later career

After leaving Congress, he was sheriff of Hudson County, New Jersey from 1915 to 1917, and played a role in the Bayonne refinery strikes of 1915–1916.[2] He was commissioned major of the military intelligence division of the American forces during World War I and stationed at the National War College in Washington, D.C. He was chairman of the executive committee of Colonial Trust Co. in New York City from 1929-1960.

Death and burial

Kinkead died in South Orange, New Jersey, and was interred in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover, New Jersey.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: CONGRESSMAN RESIGNS (paywall) . https://archive.today/20130411164019/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/268739222.html?dids=268739222:268739222&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Feb+04,+1915&author=&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=CONGRESSMAN+RESIGNS&pqatl=google . dead . 11 April 2013 . The Christian Science Monitor . February 4, 1915 . March 8, 2013 . Boston, Mass.
  2. News: SHERIFF CAPTURES POLICE FOR STRIKE . The New York Times . July 27, 1915 . March 8, 2013.
  3. News: Eugene Kinkead, Banker, 84, Dies. Founder and Chairman of Colonial Trust. Served in House From Jersey . The New York Times . Eugene F. Kinkead, chairman of the executive committee of the Colonial Trust Company, Rockefeller Center, New York, died today in his home at 273 Scotland Road. His age was 84.. September 7, 1960 . March 8, 2013.