Amos Kendall

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Amos Kendall (August 16, 1789–November 12, 1869) was an American politician who served as U.S. Postmaster General under Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Kendall completed his secondary studies at Lawrence Academy at Groton, class of 1807, and his collegiate studies at Dartmouth College. Many historians regard Kendall as the intellectual force behind Andrew Jackson’s presidential administration, and an influential figure in the transformation of America from an agrarian republic to a capitalist democracy. In 1857, Kendall's philanthropy founded the institution that would become Gallaudet College for the deaf.

Prior to becoming Postmaster General, Kendall was editor of both the Argus of Western America, the organ of Kentucky progressivism, and the Washington Globe, the organ for the Jackson Administration. He tutored the children of Henry Clay, who was an arch political enemy of Jackson, and was nursed back to health after a grave illness by Clay's wife, Lucretia.

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