Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency

John Pendleton Kennedy (October 25, 1795 – August 18, 1870) was an American novelist, statesman, and a member of the Whig party. Kennedy was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to a merchant and a scion of the prominent Pendleton family. After serving in the War of 1812, he pursued a career in law and politics, being elected to the Maryland House of Delegates and subsequently to the U.S. House of Represe...