Kent, Joseph, 1779-1837

LC control no.	n 85815637
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Kent, Joseph, 1779-1837 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Kent, J. (Joseph), 1779-1837
See also	Maryland. Governor (1826-1829 : Kent) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Birth date	1779-01-14
Death date	1837-11-24
Place of birth	Calvert County (Md.)
Place of death	Bladensburg (Md.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House Whig Party (U.S.) National Republican Party (U.S.) Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828)
Profession or occupation	Legislators Governors
Found in	nuc85-56660: His Speech of Joseph Kent ... [MI] 1835 (hdg. on LCP rept.: Kent, Joseph, 1779-1837) U.S. Commissioner of Public Buildings. Plan of grounds adjacent to the Capitol, 1822?: map recto (JKent, committee chairman) WwasW Amer., 1607-1896 (Kent, Joseph, senator, gov. Md., b. 1779, d. 1837) Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 19, 2017 (Joseph Kent; b. Jan. 14, 1779, Calvert County, Md.; d. Nov. 24, 1837, Bladensburg, Md.; member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 2nd district, Mar. 4, 1811-Mar. 3, 1815 and Mar. 4, 1819-Jan. 6, 1826; governor of Maryland, Jan. 9, 1826-Jan. 15, 1829; United States senator from Maryland, Mar. 4, 1833-Nov. 24, 1837) Biographical dictionary of the United States Congress WWW site, viewed Sept. 19, 2017 (Kent, Joseph; b. Jan. 14, 1779, Calvert County, Md.; elected as a Republican to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses (Mar. 4, 1811-Mar. 3, 1815); elected to the Sixteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from Mar. 4, 1819, to Jan. 6, 1826, when he resigned, having been elected governor of Maryland (served 1826-1829); elected as an Anti-Jacksonian (later Whig) to the United States Senate and served from Mar. 4, 1833, until his death at his home, Rose Mount, near Bladensburg, Md., Nov. 24, 1837)
Associated language	eng