Career
He published the Troy Budget from 1827 to 1836. He resigned his seat on May 22, 1836, after accusations of fraudulent stock tradings. Afterwards he removed to Rockford, Illinois, and practiced law there.
In 1840, John C. Kemble became insane, and was taken to a mental hospital on the East Coast.
He died three years later, and was buried at the Old South Cemetery in Ipswich, Massachusetts. East. C. Kemble was also the father of famous illustrator Edward Windsor Kemble (1861–1933).