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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Zedekiah Kidwell |
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Fairmont, West Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 04, 1814
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| Died | April 27, 1872
(58 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | KIDWELL, Zedekiah, a Representative from Virginia; born in Fairfax, Fairfax County, Va., January 4, 1814; received an English education; studied medicine; moved with his father to Clarksburg, Va. (now West Virginia), in 1834; taught school and also clerked in a store; resumed the study of medicine; was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1839, and practiced in Fairfax County, Va., 1839-1849; moved to Fairmont, Va. (now West Virginia); member of the State house of delegates 1842-1845; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1849; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1849; again a member of the State house of delegates in 1849, 1850, and 1852; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); was not a candidate for reelection in 1856; resumed the practice of medicine; member of the West Virginia Board of Public Works 1857-1860; died in Fairmont, W.Va., April 27, 1872; interment in Fairmont Cemetery.
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