John B. Kendrick

John B. Kendrick
United States Senator from Wyoming
In office March 4, 1917 – November 3, 1933
Preceded by	Clarence D. Clark
Succeeded by	Joseph C. O'Mahoney
9th Governor of Wyoming
In office 1915–1917
Preceded by	Joseph M. Carey
Succeeded by	Frank L. Houx
Personal details
Born	September 6, 1857(1857-09-06) Rusk, Texas
Died	November 3, 1933(1933-11-03) (aged 76) Sheridan, Wyoming
Political party	Democratic

John Benjamin Kendrick (September 6, 1857 – November 3, 1933) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Wyoming.

Kendrick was born near Rusk, Texas, where he attended the public schools, and then moved to Wyoming in 1879 and settled on a ranch near Sheridan, where he raised cattle.

He was a member of the State senate from 1910 to 1914 and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1913. He then served as Governor of Wyoming from 1915 until he resigned in 1917, having been elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1916. Kendrick was reelected to the Senate in 1922 and 1928 and served from March 4, 1917, until his death at Sheridan, Wyoming, in 1933. He had served as chairman of the Committee on Canadian Relations (Sixty-fifth Congress) and member of the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys (Seventy-third Congress). He is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Sheridan, Wyoming.

Trail End, completed in 1913, is located in Sheridan, Wyoming. Known locally as the Kendrick Mansion, it was the home of John B. Kendrick and his family. It is now a house museum operated by the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.

Further reading

• Georgen, Cynde. In the shadow of the Bighorns: A history of early Sheridan and the Goose Creek valley of northern Wyoming. Sheridan, Wyoming: Sheridan County Historical Society, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9792871-7-6
• Georgen, Cynde A. One cowboy's dream: John B. Kendrick, his family, home, and ranching empire. 2nd edition, revised. Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company Publishers, 2004. ISBN 1-57864-239-6

Trivia

The following children's book, classified as historical fiction, is loosely based on the life of John B. Kendrick:
Garst, Shannon and Warren Garst. Cowboys and Cattle Trails. The American Adventure Series. Edited by Emmett A. Betts. Chicago: Wheeler Publishing Company, 1948.
This book has been revised by Patsy Parkin and reprinted as A Real Top Hand: John Benjamin Kendrick. Wheatland, Wyoming: Spirit Quest Press, 2011. Parkin is careful to point out that the book remains historical fiction.

External links

• Trail End State Historic Site (Kendrick Mansion)

Political offices
Preceded by Joseph M. Carey	Governor of Wyoming 1915—1917	Succeeded by Frank L. Houx
United States Senate
Preceded by Clarence D. Clark	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Wyoming 1917—1933	Succeeded by Joseph C. O'Mahoney