Josiah Kerr

Josiah Leeds Kerr (born January 10, 1861 in Vienna , Dorchester County , Maryland , †  September 27, 1920 in Cambridge , Maryland) was an American politician . In 1900 and 1901 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Josiah Kerr attended public schools in his home country. In 1880 he moved to Crisfield , where he was employed in the management of a company in the wood industry. Five years later, Kerr settled in Cambridge. Between 1898 and 1900 he was a school inspector ( School Examiner ). Politically, he joined the Republican Party .

After the resignation of MP John Walter Smith , Kerr was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the first Maryland seat , where he took up his new mandate on November 6, 1900. Since he renounced another candidacy in the regular congressional elections of 1900 , he could only end the current legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1901 .

After serving in the US House of Representatives, Josiah Kerr returned to Cambridge. In the following years he worked as a traveling dealer. He died on September 27, 1920 in Cambridge, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Josiah Kerr in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Josiah Kerr in the database of Find a Grave (English)