{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jonas Henry Kendall | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = {{ushr|MA|12|12th}} | term_start = March 4, 1819 | term_end = March 3, 1821 | predecessor = [[Solomon Strong]] | successor = [[Lewis Bigelow]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1757|10|27}} | birth_place = [[Leominster, Massachusetts|Leominster]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1844|10|22|1757|10|27}} | death_place = [[Leominster, Massachusetts]], U.S. | spouse = | party = [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = Paper manufacturer | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Jonas Kendall''' (October 27, 1757{{spnd}}October 22, 1844) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]], father of [[Joseph Gowing Kendall]].

Born in [[Leominster, Massachusetts|Leominster]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], Kendall pursued an academic course. He engaged in the manufacture of paper in [[Leominster, Massachusetts]], in 1796. He served as a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] in 1800, 1801 from 1803 to 1807, and 1821, and in the [[Massachusetts Senate]] from 1808 to 1811. He served as a member of the school board in 1803, 1811, and 1814 and as a member of the executive council in 1822. He was a presidential elector on the Federalist ticket in 1816.

Kendall was elected as a [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] to the [[16th United States Congress|Sixteenth]] Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1820 to the [[17th United States Congress|Seventeenth]] Congress. He resumed the manufacture of paper.

He died in [[Leominster, Massachusetts]] and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

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