James Kerr (Pennsylvania)

James Kerr (Pennsylvania)

James Kerr was a Member of the United States House of Representatives and later the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.

Kerr was born in Reedsville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1851; resided in Blair County until 1864; moved to Clearfield in 1867; pursued an academic course; justice of the peace in 1878; prothonotary for Clearfield County in 1880 and 1883; engaged in the coal and lumber business; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890; during the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses was appointed Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1895; resumed business interests; died in New York City October 31, 1908; interment in Hillcrest Cemetery, Clearfield, Pennsylvania.

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state=Pennsylvania
district=28
before=None
after=George F. Kribbs
years=March 4, 1889March 3, 1891
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title=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
before=Edward McPherson
after=Alexander McDowell
years= March 4, 1891March 3, 1895


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