Joseph Kerr
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| United States Senator from Ohio | |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Worthington |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Ruggles |
| Member of the Ohio Senate from Ross and Franklin counties | |
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| Preceded by | Abraham Claypool Nathaniel Massie |
| Succeeded by | Abraham Claypool Duncan McArthur |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Ross County | |
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| Preceded by | Duncan McArthur James Manary William Vance |
| Succeeded by | John Bailhache John Entrekin William Vance |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Ross County | |
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| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | James Dunlap Joseph Gardner Nathaniel Massie David Shelby Edward Tiffin |
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| Party | Democratic-Republican |
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Joseph Kerr (1765 – August 22, 1837) was a Democratic-Republican politician from Ohio who served in the United States Senate.
Biography
Kerr (pronounced "car") was born in Kerrtown, Pennsylvania (now Chambersburg), and moved to Ohio in 1792. He served in a number of positions as clerk, surveyor, judge and justice of the peace in the Northwest Territory.
He served as justice of the peace at Manchester, Adams County, Ohio in 1797. and as a judge of the first quarter session court of Adams County, Northwest Territory, in 1797.
Kerr's son, Joseph Kerr Jr., died in the Battle of the Alamo.[1]
Career
After statehood was declared, Kerr was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1808, 1816, 1818, and 1819. He was elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1804 and 1810. He also served as a brigadier general of Ohio Volunteers during the War of 1812, in charge of supplying provisions to the Army of the Northwest.
Kerr was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1814 to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Thomas Worthington.[2] Kerr served from December 10, 1814, to March 3, 1815,[3] and did not seek re-election.
Death
Kerr's extensive farm went bankrupt in 1826, and he moved to Memphis, Tennessee and then to rural Louisiana, where he purchased a homestead near Lake Providence.[4] He died on August 22, 1837.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Groneman, Bill (June 15, 2010). "KERR, JOSEPH". Texas State Historical Association.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KERR, Joseph, (1765 - 1837)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."govtrack.us". Civic Impulse, LLC. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KERR, Joseph, (1765 - 1837)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
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