R. M. J. Kenner

Richard M. J. Kenner was a state legislator in Louisiana. He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives.[1] He attended a Republican ratification meeting in Congo Square in 1868.[2]

Kenner was from the Fourth District.[3] He was removed as ward superintendent in August 1870.[4] In 1871 he served on a House Committee on Elections that found in favor of Frank Alexander over Benjamin Buchanan in a disputed election.[5]

In 1879 he was reported to be a clerk in a Naval office.[6]

He and his wife, Dulease V. Kenner, adopted Fannie Hutton in 1874 and her name was changed to Fannie Justine Kenner.[7]

References
  1. "Clipped From The Weekly Louisianian". The Weekly Louisianian. December 21, 1871. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
  2. "E.C. Morphy - Radical Republican Secretary". New Orleans Republican. April 4, 1868. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
  3. Vincent, Charles (1976). "Louisiana's Black Legislators and Their Efforts to Pass a Blue Law During Reconstruction". Journal of Black Studies. 7 (1): 47–56. doi:10.1177/002193477600700104. JSTOR 2783730. S2CID 143949628 – via JSTOR.
  4. "Official Proceedings". 1870.
  5. Representatives, Louisiana Legislature House of (April 17, 1871). "Official Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana". State of Louisiana. – via Google Books.
  6. "Congressional Serial Set". U.S. Government Printing Office. April 17, 1879 – via Google Books.
  7. Marr, Robert Hardin (April 17, 1903). "An Annotated Index of the Acts of the Legislature of Louisiana: Through the Session of 1894". F. F. Hansell & bro., Limited – via Google Books.


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