Richard Regan Kennedy (January 5, 1842 – November 30, 1903) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Kennedy was born in Minersville, Pennsylvania in 1842.[1] He moved to Wisconsin with his parents when he was an infant.[1] During the American Civil War, he was an orderly sergeant with the 27th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army.[1] Conflicts he took part include the Siege of Vicksburg.[2] After the war, he was involved in zinc mining.[1] Kennedy died of an abscess of the thigh on November 30, 1903 in Racine, Wisconsin.[1] [3]
Kennedy was a member of the Assembly during the 1880 and 1883 sessions.[1] [4] Additionally, he was Town Treasurer and Collector of Highland, Iowa County, Wisconsin. He was a Democrat.