Daniel Kerr (politician)

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Daniel Kerr (born June 18, 1836 in Dalry , North Ayrshire , Scotland , †  October 8, 1916 in Grundy Center , Iowa ) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1891 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1841 Daniel Kerr came to the United States with his parents. The family settled in Madison County , Illinois . There he attended public schools. He then graduated from McKendree College in 1858 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1862, he began to practice in Edwardsville in his new profession. Since August 1862 he took part in the Civil War as a lieutenant and later as a first lieutenant in an infantry unit from Illinois .

Politically, Kerr was initially a member of the Republican Party . In 1868 he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives. In 1870, Kerr moved to Grundy Center, Iowa, where he also worked as a lawyer. In 1875 he became the school director and in 1877 mayor. In 1883, Kerr was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives . In 1886 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Iowa . There he took over from Benjamin T. Frederick on March 4, 1887 . After a re-election in 1888, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1891 . In 1890, Kerr declined to run again.

In 1888 and 1896 Daniel Kerr was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions , at which Benjamin Harrison and later William McKinley were nominated as the party's presidential candidates. Then he worked again as a lawyer. Over a dispute over currency issues, Kerr fell out with his party and joined the Democrats . In 1902 he applied unsuccessfully as their candidate for a return to Congress.

Between 1909 and 1916 lived Daniel Kerr in Pasadena ( California ). He did not return to Grundy Center until shortly before his death in 1916.

Web links

  • Daniel Kerr in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Kerr, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH near Dalry , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1916
Place of death Grundy Center , Iowa