Education
He attended the public schools and Saint Joseph"s College in Buffalo.
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Then he became a saloon-keeper, first he opened two saloons on the waterfront, later another at the corner of Pearl and Eagle Streets. He was an alderman of Buffalo from 1885 to 1910, and at times president of the board of aldermen and acting mayor. As a Democrat, he was New York State Treasurer from 1911 to 1914, elected in 1910 and 1912.
On February 15, 1914, he committed suicide.
William Kennedy was linked in the bonding business with Charles F. Murphy, Junior., the nephew of Tammany Hall boss Charles F. Murphy. Both Kennedys, Murphy and others had been investigated by Governor Martin H. Glynn"s Special Graft Investigator James West. Osborne and questioned by the Manhattan Grand Jury and District Attorney Charles South. Whitman.
According to unnamed sources Treasurer Kennedy feared to be indicted for perjury which was denied by his attorney. He was buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery on Limestone Hill in Buffalo.
