YEARS 1791-1857
OFFICE Representative
STATE Delaware
POLITICAL PARTY Adams, Anti-Jacksonian
WHICH CONGRESS SERVED 20th (1827-1829), 21st (1829-1831)
Representative Kensey JOHNS Jr Biography
JOHNS, Kensey, Jr., a Representative from Delaware; born in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., December 10, 1791; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Princeton College in 1810; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1813 and commenced practice in New Castle; elected as an Adams to the Twentieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Louis McLane; reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress and served from October 2, 1827, to March 3, 1831; was not a candidate for renomination in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress; appointed chancellor of Delaware in 1832 and served until his death in New Castle, Del., on March 28, 1857; interment in the Presbyterian Cemetery. View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
External Research Collections
University of North Carolina Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library Chapel Hill, NC Papers: 1794-1843, 28 items. Collection includes miscellaneous papers of Johns, including correspondence with his son, Henry Van Dyck Johns; legal papers; and Statement of the Strength and Condition of the Fifth Regiment of the Delaware Militia, 1819.
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Kensey JOHNS Jr Committee Assignments
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