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AMOS KENDALL

Amos Kendall was an American politician. He was born in 1789 Massachusetts and died in 1869. He earnestly supported Andrew Jackson in 1834. In 1829 he was appointed an auditor in the Treasury Department. He was one of the chief men in Andrew Jackson's administration, guiding-the anti-bank policy, and advising and directing the President in all his duties. He was Postmaster-General of the United States from 1835 to 1840 in the Cabinets of Andrew Jackson and Van Buren. He was an ardent anti-slavery advocate and, though a Jackson Democrat, earnestly supported the administration during the American Civil War.
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