Roger Kent

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Roger Kent, (June 8, 1906–May 16, 1980), was the son of William Kent (U.S. Congressman) and Elizabeth (Thacher) Kent. His father served in the U.S. Congress between 1910 and 1917. After his family returned to California, Kent attended Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley beginning in 1919.^[1] He then boarded for three years at the Thacher School to prepare for college. He graduated from Yale College in 1928. He stayed in New Haven after graduation, attending Yale Law School, from which he graduated in 1931. Kent practiced law in California and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1937.

In 1952 and 1953, he served as general counsel for the U.S. Department of Defense. Kent served the Democratic Party in various other capacities throughout his life, most significantly as co-chairman of Lyndon Baines Johnson's 1964 Presidential campaign. He was a close, personal friend of Johnson's vice-president, Hubert Humphrey.

Kent married Alice Cooke in Honolulu, Hawaii, on August 26, 1930. They had four children together, one of whom died at a young age. Roger Kent died on 1980.

He was also the brother of Sherman Kent.