Michael C. Kerr

Michael C. Kerr (around 1875)

Michael Crawford Kerr (* 15. March 1827 in Titusville , Pennsylvania ; † 19th August 1876 in Rockbridge County , Virginia ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party , a member of the US House of Representatives for Indiana and Speaker of the House .

biography

After attending Common Schools and the Erie Academy , he studied law at the Law School of the University of Louisville , graduating in 1851. After his admission he settled as a lawyer in New Albany (Indiana) in 1852 and was there in 1854 a public attorney ( City Attorney ). In 1855 he began a year as a prosecuting attorney for Floyd County . Kerr began his political career with the election to the Indiana House of Representatives , to which he was elected in 1856 and 1857. After a renewed practice as a lawyer, he was between 1862 and 1865 rapporteur at the Indian Supreme Court ( Indiana Supreme Court ).

In 1865 he was elected to the US House of Representatives for the first time for the Democrats and represented there after three re-elections from March 4, 1865 to March 3, 1873, the 2nd congressional electoral district of Indiana. In 1872, however, he suffered a defeat in the elections to the 43rd US Congress . In 1875, Kerr was re-elected to the US House of Representatives and this time represented the 3rd Congressional constituency of Indiana until his death.

At the same time he had been speaker of the House of Representatives from December 6, 1875, and died in this capacity. After his death he was buried in Fairview Cemetery, New Albany.

literature

• Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Michael Crawford Kerr, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States , Washington ( United States Government Printing Office ), 1877 (Commemorative speeches at the 1st session of the 44th US Congress in 1877)

Web links

• Michael C. Kerr in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)