page_title: James Kent
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: James Kent / Family
context_page_description: James Kent was an American jurist and legal scholar. He was the author of Commentaries on American Law.
context_section_description: Kent married Elizabeth Bailey, and they had four children: Elizabeth (died in infancy), Elizabeth, Mary, and William Kent (1802–1861) who was a circuit judge and ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York with Washington Hunt in 1852. 
  His brother Moss Kent was a Congressman.
caption: James Kent (c.1860-65)
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