KERR, Michael Crawford, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Titusville, Crawford County, Pa., March 15,
1827; attended the common schools and Erie Academy; was graduated from the law
department of Louisville (Ky.) University in 1851; was admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in New Albany, Ind., in 1852; city attorney in 1854;
prosecuting attorney of Floyd County in 1855; member of the State house of
representatives in 1856 and 1857; reporter of the supreme court of Indiana
1862-1865; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-ninth and to the three succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for reelection
in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress; elected to the Forty-fourth Congress and
served from March 4, 1875, until his death; Speaker of the House of
Representatives (Forty-fourth Congress); died at Rockbridge Alum Springs,
Rockbridge County, Va., on August 19, 1876; interment in Fairview Cemetery, New
Albany, Ind.
-- Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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