Background
Kennedy, John Doby was born on January 5, 1840 in Camden, South Carolina, United States. Son of Anthony M. and Sarah (Doby) Kennedy.
Kennedy, John Doby was born on January 5, 1840 in Camden, South Carolina, United States. Son of Anthony M. and Sarah (Doby) Kennedy.
Studied South Carolina. College, 1855-1857.
Admitted to South Carolina. bar, 1861. Became captain Company East., 2d South Carolina. Regiment in Civil War, colonel, 2d Regiment, 1862, brigadier general, 1864.
Elected to the United States House of Representatives, 1865, denied seat when he refused to take oath.
Member Democratic National Convention, Saint Louis, 1876. Member Louisiana Democratic Executive Committee, 1876, chairman, 1878.
Member lower house South Carolina. Legislature, 1878-1879.
Lieutenant governor South Carolina., 1880-1882.
United States consul general, Shanghai, China, 1885-1889.
Member Democratic National Convention, Saint Louis, 1876. Member Louisiana Democratic Executive Committee, 1876, chairman, 1878. Member lower house South Carolina.
Legislature, 1878-1879.
Married Elizabeth Cunningham, 1857. Married second, Harriet Boykin, 1882.