James Kerr (Pennsylvania)

James Kerr ( born October 2, 1851 in Reedsville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, † October 31, 1908 in New York City ) was an American politician. Between 1889 and 1891 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Kerr received an academic education. Until 1864 he lived in Blair County; in 1867 he moved to Clearfield, where he was justice of the peace in 1878. In 1880 and 1883 he served in Clearfield County, the Office of the Prothonotary. Privately, he worked in the coal and wood business. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1888 Kerr was the 28th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edwin Sylvanus Osborne on March 4, 1889. Since he was not nominated by his party for re-election in 1890, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1891.

Between 1891 and 1895 he held the position of Clerk in the U.S. House of Representatives. Then he took his previous activities on again. He died on October 31, 1908 in New York City and was buried in Clearfield.