Coates Kinney
Coates Kinney (November 24, 1826 – January 25, 1904) was an American lawyer, politician, journalist and poet who wrote Rain On The Roof.
Coates Kinney
Publisher: Richmond, Indiana: M. Cullaton Co. · W.A.W.: souvenir of the Fourth Annual Convention at Warsaw, Indiana: July 9, 10, 11, and 12, 1889 (free pdf from archive.org) · Public domain
- Name
- Coates Kinney
- Born
- 24 November 1826
- Died
- 25 January 1904
- Birthplace
- Penn Yan, New York, US
- Occupation
- Lawyer, politician, journalist, and poet
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- Antioch University · Antioch College
- Languages
- English
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Coates Kinney (November 24, 1826 – January 25, 1904) was an American lawyer, politician, journalist and poet who wrote Rain On The Roof.
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Coates Kinney (1826–1904) was an American journalist, lawyer and poet, among other activities. The journalist was born in United States.
Coates Kinney studied at Antioch College and Antioch University. The journalist held the position of member of the State Senate of Ohio. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Coates Kinney • Born — 24 November 1826 • Died — 25 January 1904 • Birthplace — Penn Yan, New York, US • Occupation — Lawyer, politician, journalist, and poet • Relatives — Allen Carpé (grandson) • Illustration — Kinney's home on East Second Street in Xenia
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Coates Kinney was born in 1826 near Penn Yan, New York. He was partly educated at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, and was accompanied by Thomas Corwin, a former US secretary of the Treasury, while he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati in 1856 and was considered a fine lawyer. He became a journalist, and worked on papers in Cincinnati, Xenia, and Springfield, Illinois.
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• Keeuka (1855) • Lyrics of the Ideal and the Real (1888) • Rain On The Roof (lyrical poem)
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