Zedekiah Kidwell

Kidwell moved to Fairmont, Virginia (now West Virginia) and served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1842 to 1845, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1849, leaving his medical practice the same year. He was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1849 and served in the House of Delegates again in 1849, 1850 and 1852. In 1852, he was a Presidential elector for the Pierce and King ticket. That year he was also elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives, serving 1853 to 1857.

After leaving Congress, he resumed practicing medicine. He was also a member of the Virginia Board of Public Works from 1857 to 1860. From 1861 to the end of the Civil War, he held a civil office in Richmond.

He died in Fairmont, West Virginia on April 27, 1872, and was interred there in Fairmont Cemetery.

• United States Congress. "Zedekiah Kidwell (id: K000165)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1892). "Kidwell, Zedekiah" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Charles J. Faulkner	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 10th congressional district March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857	Succeeded by Sherrard Clemens

• United States Congress. "Zedekiah Kidwell (id: K000165)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.