14 Facts About Kosciusko Kemper

Kosciusko Kemper was likely named after Tadeusz Kosciuszko, the American Revolutionary War officer.

Kosciusko Kemper's father William was a professor and the former chairman of the board of visitors of the University of Virginia.

Kosciusko Kemper was educated at his father's private boarding school and later attended the University of Virginia, graduating with a law degree.

In 1861, Kosciusko Kemper enlisted in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, attaining the ranks of first lieutenant and captain.

Kosciusko Kemper was influential in the Battle of Fort Sumter, which began the Civil War.

Kosciusko Kemper served in additional military posts, including as assistant quartermaster and paymaster for the Richmond military hospitals from 1862 to 1865.

Kosciusko Kemper served as president of the Alexandria Academy, a school for women.

Kosciusko Kemper was a practicing attorney in Virginia for 32 years.

Kosciusko Kemper later was elected as Mayor of Alexandria, serving three terms from 1874 to 76 and 1877 to 1878.

From 1885 to 1889, Kemper served as private secretary on the staff of Joseph E Johnston, a commissioner of railroads in the Grover Cleveland administration.

Kosciusko Kemper was elected as Superintendent of Alexandria Public Schools, serving from 1893 to 1909.

Kosciusko Kemper was an active Mason, serving from 1888 to 1890 as the Grand Master of the Washington-Alexandria Lodge.

In 1906, Kosciusko Kemper served as the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, one of the oldest independent masonic grand lodges in the United States.

Kosciusko Kemper died on January 26,1910, in Washington, DC, and is interred at the Saint Paul's Cemetery in Alexandria.