Congressman John Fitch Kinney

1816 - 1902  (86 years)

• Name	John Fitch Kinney
  Prefix	Congressman
  Born	2 Apr 1816	New Haven, Oswego County, New York
  Gender	Male
  Group	Famous Historical Figure
  	Famous People
  Died	16 Aug 1902	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
  Buried	Aft 16 Aug 1902	Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California
  Person ID	I13744	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2022

  
  

  Family	Hannah D. Hall,   b. 12 Nov 1816, Batavia, Genesee County, New York ,   d. 1 May 1895, San Diego, San Diego County, California  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Bef 1841
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2019
  Family ID	F5732	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Apr 1816 - New Haven, Oswego County, New York Died - 16 Aug 1902 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Buried - Aft 16 Aug 1902 - Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Badges		Halls of Rehoboth DNA Family 006
  		Halls of Yarmouth Hall DNA Family 020

  
  

• Notes

  US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1837, commenced law practice in Ohio in 1839 and moved to Lee County, Iowa in 1844. He was secretary of the State council from 1845 to 1846, prosecuting attorney of Lee County in 1846 - 1847, judge of the supreme court of Iowa from 1847 until January 1854, when he was appointed by President Franklin Pierce as chief justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Utah and served from January 1854 to 1857. On June 26, 1860, he was again appointed as chief justice of the Territory of Utah by President James Buchanan and served until March 1863, when he was elected Utah Democrat delegate to the Thirty-eighth Congress, serving March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865. In February 1867, he was appointed by President Chester A. Arthur as agent of the Yankton Sioux Indians and served from December 11, 1884, until January 1, 1889, when he resigned. He relocated in San Diego, California and resumed the practice of law until his death.