John Bozman Kerr

John Bozman Kerr ( born March 5, 1809 in Easton, Talbot County, Maryland; † January 27, 1878 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1849 and 1851 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was also a 1851-1853 American ambassador in Nicaragua.

Career

John Kerr attended the common schools and the Easton Academy. Then he studied until 1830 at Harvard University. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began in 1833 to work in Easton in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Whig Party launched a political career. In the years 1836 to 1838 he sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland; 1845 to 1848 he was deputy prosecutor in Talbot County.

In the congressional elections of 1848, Kerr was selected in the sixth electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of John W. Crisfield on March 4, 1849. Since he resigned in 1850 to a bid again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1851. This period was dominated by discussions on the issue of slavery. In 1850, the introduced by Senator Henry Clay Compromise of 1850 was passed.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Kerr of President Millard Fillmore for the first American ambassador ( charge d' affaires ) was appointed in Nicaragua. This post he held 1851-1853; he was succeeded by Solon Borland. After his return, he practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1864 and 1868 John Kerr worked as a lawyer for the Court of Claims in Washington. Since 1869 he was legally working for the revision of the Treasury. He died on 27 January 1878 in the German capital Washington and was buried in the family cemetery on the property Bellville in Talbot County.