Luther Greenleaf was an early trustee and benefactor of the newly founded Northwestern University in Evanston. Greenleaf is remembered for purchasing the library of Johannes Schulze, a collection of 20,000 volumes of German and Classical writings, for the University's library. In later years Kedzie served in the Illinois House of Representatives. Kedzie died April 9, 1903 at the age of 87. He was interred in Rosehill Cemetery, in Chicago, near the neighborhood he helped create. Kedzie Avenue on the Chicago's West Side and Kedzie Street in Evanston are named for John H. Kedzie.