California State Officials Biographies 1911

WILLIAM KENT

Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton

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REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS: Second District
Counties: Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Sacramento, 
Sonoma, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba (12 counties). Population (1910) 263,070

WILLIAM KENT (Republican) was born in Chicago, Illinois, March 29, 1864. He came 
to California with his parents in October, 1871, and had his residence in Marin 
County from that date until 1887. He was a resident of Chicago from 1887 to 
1907. He graduated from Yale in 1887 with a degree B.A., and received an 
honorary degree, M.A., from Yale in 1908. While in Chicago he served as Alderman 
from 1895 to 1897 and was president of the Municipal Voters' League from 1900 to 
1901. He returned to California to reside permanently in 1907. In 1910 he sought 
the Republican nomination for Congress from the Second District at the 
Republican primaries and was successful, and at the general election in November 
he was elected over his Democratic opponent.
 
Source: California Blue Book, or State Roster, 1911
Compiled by Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State
Friend W. Richardson, Superintendent of State Printing, Sacramento, CA, 1913