John P. Kennedy, American novelist and Whig politician (died 1870)

John P. Kennedy

Novelist, politician (1795–1870)

John Pendleton Kennedy was an American novelist, lawyer and Whig politician who served as United States Secretary of the Navy from July 26, 1852, to March 4, 1853, during the administration of President Millard Fillmore, and as a U.S. Representative from Maryland's 4th…