John Christian Kunkel

John Christian Kunkel (September 18, 1816 – October 14, 1870) was a Whig and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was the grandfather of John Crain Kunkel.

John C. Kunkel
From 1859's McClees' Gallery of Photographic Portraits of the Senators, Representatives & Delegates of the Thirty-Fifth Congress
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859
Preceded byNer Middleswarth
Succeeded byJohn W. Killinger
Personal details
Born(1816-09-18)September 18, 1816
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
DiedOctober 14, 1870(1870-10-14) (aged 54)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Political partyWhig
Republican
Alma materJefferson College
Carlisle Law School

Biography

He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (later Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania). In 1839, he studied law at the Carlisle Law School. He was admitted to the Dauphin County bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Harrisburg. He gained a reputation as a public speaker, and during the presidential campaigns of 1844 he spoke much in favor of Henry Clay. He served in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1844, 1845, and again in 1850, and was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1851 to 1853. He served as speaker in 1852 and 1853.

Kunkel was elected as an Oppositionist to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress. He was chairman of the House Committee on Militia during the Thirty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858. He is interred at Harrisburg Cemetery.

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References
  • United States Congress. "John Christian Kunkel (id: K000340)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). "Kunkel, John Christian" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Ner Middleswarth		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district
1855–1859		 Succeeded by
John W. Killinger
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