Winfield Scott Kerr | |
State: | Ohio |
District: | 14th |
Term Start: | March 4, 1895 |
Term End: | March 3, 1901 |
Preceded: | Michael D. Harter |
Succeeded: | William W. Skiles |
State Senate2: | Ohio |
District2: | 27th & 29th |
Term Start2: | January 2, 1888 |
Term End2: | January 3, 1892 |
Preceded2: | Charles C. Godding |
Succeeded2: | George Hildebrand |
Alongside2: | George Hildebrand |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 23 June 1852 |
Birth Place: | Monroe, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Mansfield, Ohio, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Mansfield Cemetery |
Alma Mater: | University of Michigan Law School |
Winfield Scott Kerr (June 23, 1852 - September 11, 1917) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1895 to 1901.
Born in Monroe, Ohio, Kerr attended the common schools of his native city.He was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1879.He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Mansfield, Ohio.He served as member of the State senate 1888-1892.
Kerr was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901).He served as chairman of the Committee on Patents (Fifty-sixth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900.He resumed the practice of his profession in Mansfield, Ohio, and died there September 11, 1917.He was interred in Mansfield Cemetery.