Background
He was the son of Martin Kennedy and Elizabeth (Rout) Kennedy (1860–1941).
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Alfred Kennedy
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Career
After Martin"s death, Elizabeth married John Jay Clancy (1844–1905), and they had six children. Kennedy fought as a corporal of the 22nd New York Infantry (United States Army) in the Spanish–American War. He resigned his seat on May 12, 1913, to accept an appointment as Postmaster of Flushing, Queens.
Kennedy was accused of having leaked the questions (which had been sent by mail) for a civil service test.
He filed his resignation on April 11, effective on May 1, 1930, and was appointed Public Administrator of Queens. In August 1937, he was elected Commander-in-Chief of the United Spanish War Veterans.
He died on July 28, 1944. And was buried at the Long Island National Cemetery.
In 1950, an Kennedy Memorial was erected on the corner of Main and Northern streets in Queens.
In 1952, Public School Number. 193 in Queens was named for him Kennedy School.
Membership
Kennedy was a member of the New York State Assembly (Queens Company, 2nd Doctorate) in 1911, 1912 and 1913. And was Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections in 1913. He was again a member of the State Assembly (Queens Company, 3rd Doctorate) in 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1926.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (3rd Doctorate) from 1927 to 1930, sitting in the 150th, 151st, 152nd and 153rd New York State Legislatures.
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Political Party
Democratic party