{{Short description|American politician (1788–1847)}} {{other people||Joseph Kendall (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Joseph Gowing Kendall | image = | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = {{ushr|MA|6|6th}} | term_start = March 4, 1829 | term_end = March 3, 1833 | preceded = [[John Locke (Massachusetts politician)|John Locke]] | succeeded = [[George Grennell, Jr.]] | district2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | preceded2 = | succeeded2 = | office3 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] | term3 = 1824-1828 | birth_date = October 27, 1788 | birth_place = [[Leominster, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1847|10|2|1788|10|27}} | death_place = [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], U.S. | resting_place = Evergreen Cemetery, Leominster, Massachusetts | party = | spouse = | relations = | children = | occupation = | profession = Attorney | alma_mater = [[Harvard College|Harvard]] | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

<!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000094. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->'''Joseph Gowing Kendall''' (October 27, 1788 – October 2, 1847) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]], son of [[Jonas Kendall]].

Born in [[Leominster, Massachusetts]], Kendall pursued classical studies. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1810 and taught there from 1812 to 1817. He studied law, and was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1818 and practiced in Leominster. Kendall was elected to the [[Massachusetts State Senate]] in 1824 and served four years.

Kendall was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the [[21st United States Congress|Twenty-first]] and [[22nd United States Congress|Twenty-second]] Congresses (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1832. He was appointed clerk of the courts of Worcester County in 1833 and served until his death.

He moved to [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], in 1833 and died there October 2, 1847.<ref name="ChrEXp472">{{citation |last=The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany |title=''The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany'' No. CVLIV| page = 472 |publisher=William Crosby |location=[[Boston, Massachusetts]] |date=November 1847}}</ref> He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, [[Leominster, Massachusetts]].

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