N. E. Kendall

N. E. Kendall, Prosecuting Attorney of Monroe county, Iowa, is a rising young member of the bar of Albia, and is a recognized leader in political circles. He has a peculiarly bright mind, analytical, of quick perceptive powers and has already gained distinction as a legal practitioner that ranks him among those who are many years his senior.

Mr. Kendall is numbered among the native sons of Iowa, his birth having occurred in the vicinity of Russell, Lucas county, on the 17th of March, 1868. He is a son of E. L. and Lucinda (Stevens) Kendall, the former a native of Indiana. In 1846 they removed to Iowa, and Mr. Kendall spent the greater part of his time in Lucas county until 1883, when he removed to Chariton, where he is still living. His wife died soon after the birth of our subject, their only child.

The ranks of professional circles are constantly recruited from the farm, and among the ablest representatives of the various learned professions are those who have come from the fields to the cities with a vigorous development, both mental and physical, bringing with them also something of the broad, free and untainted life of the country. Of this class our subject is a representative. He followed the plow at an early age, and assisted in the gathering of the crops. He began his education in the district schools of the neighborhood, but afterward attended a select school. At the age of fifteen, he determined to take up the study of law, and entered the office of Hon. T. M. Stuart, of Chariton. In 1887 he came to Albia, and his steady application and thorough research fitted him for admission to the bar in the spring of 1889, and he saw the consummation of this hope on the 15th of May, before the regular term of the Supreme Court of Iowa. He at once engaged in general practice, which he successfully continued until 1892, when he was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Monroe county for a term of two years. In 1894 he was re-elected, and is now serving in that office. In 1891 he also served as City Attorney of Albia.

In politics, Mr. Kendall is an unswerving supporter of Republican principles, and a recognized leader in the councils of his party. In 1893 he was elected to the Republican State Central Committee, of which he is still a member. He has always taken a great interest in the success of his party, both local, State and national. Socially, he is a member of Astor Lodge, No. 505, F. & A. M., and of Fay Lodge, No. 31, K. P.