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Moses Pierce Kinkaid (January 24, 1856 – July 6, 1922) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska. He was the sponsor of the 1904 Kinkaid Land Act, which allowed homesteaders to claim up to of government land in western Nebraska.〔("Kimball County". ) (Nebraska State Historical Society. ) Retrieved 2010-04-24.〕 ==Early life and career== Kinkaid was born near Morgantown, Virginia, which is now in West Virginia.〔("KINKAID, Moses Pierce, (1856-1922)". ) (Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. ) Retrieved 2010-04-24.〕 As a boy, he piloted fugitive slaves coming from the South and headed for Canada, to his grandparents' home in Pennsylvania, where food, shelter, and aid were given to them.〔Humphrey, A. R. (1924). Quoted in ''Memorial Addresses Delivered in the House of Representatives in Memory of Moses P. Kinkaid, Late a Representative from Nebraska''. Government Printing Office. p. 5.〕 He attended the public schools and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1876.〔 He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Henry County, Illinois from 1876 until 1880 and in Pierre, Dakota Territory in 1880 and 1881.〔 In 1881, he moved to O'Neill, Nebraska, where he maintained his residence until his death.〔Kolberg, Persijs (1974). (National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Old Nebraska State Bank Building. ) (Nebraska State Historical Society. ) Retrieved 2010-04-24.〕 In O'Neill, Kinkaid continued to practice law. He also served as an officer of the Holt County Bank from its foundation in 1884 until 1886.〔 He served in the state Senate in 1883,〔 and as a district judge from 1887 to 1900.〔 In 1900, Kinkaid unsuccessfully sought election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's Sixth District.〔 In 1902, he ran for the same position, this time successfully. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moses Kinkaid」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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