Will Kirk Kaynor

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William Kirk Kaynor
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1929 – December 20, 1929
Preceded by Henry L. Bowles
Succeeded by William J. Granfield
Born November 29, 1884
Sanborn, Iowa
Died December 20, 1929
Washington, D.C.
Political party Republican

William Kirk Kaynor (November 29, 1884 – December 20, 1929) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Sanborn, Iowa, Kaynor attended the common schools of Spencer and Clear Lake. In his early youth, he was employed as a drug clerk in Clear Lake. He later moved to Gann Valley, South Dakota and herded cattle. He was graduated from Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut in 1908, and from Yale University in 1912. He moved to Springfield, Massachusetts and engaged in the real estate and insurance business. During the First World War, he attended the officers’ training school at Camp Lee, Virginia, from July to November 1918. He was a member of the common council of Springfield from 1920-1924, and was the postmaster of Springfield from 1923-1928.

He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress and served from March 4, 1929, until his death in an airplane accident near Washington, D.C., on December 20, 1929. Interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts.

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Preceded by
Henry L. Bowles		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district
March 4, 1929 - December 20, 1929		 Succeeded by
William J. Granfield
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