Background
KITCHEN, Joseph Ambrose was born in December 1878 in Wyanet, 111. Son of Doctor Joseph L. and Mary A. (Mosher) Kitchen.
State Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor
KITCHEN, Joseph Ambrose was born in December 1878 in Wyanet, 111. Son of Doctor Joseph L. and Mary A. (Mosher) Kitchen.
Valparaiso College, Indiana., S., Bachelor of Arts; Valparaiso University, Master of Arts Doctor of Laws
Span. American War, Cuba, 1898-1899. Director, Physical Training Department, Valparaiso College, Indiana, 1900-1903. Principal, Schools, Sentinel Butte, North Dakota, 1904-1909.
Company Superintendent of Schools, Billings Company, North Dakota, 1906-1914. Elected to State Legislature, 39 District, North Dakota, 1920. Elected State Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor, North Dakota, 1921, re-elected 1922, 1924, 1926, and 1928.
In Billings Company, North Dakota, served as President, School Board, Sentinel Butte, District Northern 2. Chairman, Board of Township Supervisors Sentinel Township, Billings Company, North Dakota. First President, Sentinel Butte Farmers Cooperative Elevator Association, Sentinel Butte Company-operation Milling Company.
First Chairman, Golden Valley, North Dakota, Company Farm Bureau. Chairman North Dakota Workmen’s Compensation Bureau.
Spouse Pearl S. Smith, August 25, 1904, Horse Cave, Kentucky.