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George J. Kindel
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 1st district
In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	Atterson W. Rucker
Succeeded by	Benjamin C. Hilliard
Personal details
Born	George John Kindel (1855-03-02)March 2, 1855 Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Died	February 28, 1930(1930-02-28) (aged 74) Brush, Colorado, US
Resting place	Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado
Political party	Democratic

George John Kindel (March 2, 1855 – February 28, 1930) was an American politician from Colorado who served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1915.

Biography

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kindel attended the public schools and St. Augustine's School in Cincinnati. Beginning in 1871, he apprentice as an upholsterer and mattress maker before relocating to Denver, Colorado in 1877. He worked throughout his career in the upholstery, mattress, and furniture business.

Political career

He served as a member of the board of supervisors of the city and county of Denver from 1910 to 1914.

In 1912, Kindel won election as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, which convened from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915. In 1914, rather than seek re-election, Kindel instead ran for the U.S. Senate, first as a Democratic candidate and then, after leaving the party, as an independent. In a field of five candidates, Kindel placed fifth, receiving 4.5% of the vote.

Death

After leaving Congress, he resumed his former business pursuits in Colorado.

He was in an automobile accident near Hillrose, Colorado, which resulted in his death in Brush, Colorado, on February 28, 1930. He was interred in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.

Electoral history

References

• United States Congress. "George John Kindel (id: K000189)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

v t e Members of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado
1st district	Pence Shafroth Bonynge Rucker Kindel Hilliard Vaile White Eaton Lewis Gillespie Carroll Rogers McKevitt Schroeder DeGette
2nd district	Bell Hogg Haggott Martin Seldomridge Timberlake Cummings Hill Dominick Brotzman McVicker Brotzman Wirth Skaggs Udall Polis Neguse
3rd district	Keating Hardy Martin Burney Chenoweth Marsalis Chenoweth Evans Kogovsek Strang Campbell McInnis Salazar Tipton Boebert Hurd (elect)
4th district	Taylor Rockwell Aspinall Johnson Brown Allard Schaffer Musgrave Markey Gardner Buck Lopez Boebert (elect)
5th district	Armstrong Kramer Hefley Lamborn Crank (elect)
6th district	Schaefer Tancredo Coffman Crow
7th district	Beauprez Perlmutter Pettersen
8th district	Caraveo Evans (elect)
At-large	Belford Patterson Belford Symes Townsend Brooks Cook Taylor Keating
Territory	Bennet Bradford Chilcott Bradford Chaffee Patterson

• 1855 births
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• Members of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado
• Colorado Democrats
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• Colorado independents
• Road incident deaths in Colorado
• Politicians from Cincinnati
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• 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
• Candidates in the 1914 United States Senate elections