About Josiah Kerr
Lived 1861 – 1920 (aged 59). Josiah Kerr was an American politician.
Josiah Leeds Kerr (January 10, 1861 – September 27, 1920) was an American politician. A Republican, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland.
Biography Kerr was born on January 10, 1861, in Vienna, Maryland, the son of Josiah L. Kerr Sr. and Kate (née Cromwell) Kerr. Educated at the public schools in Vienna, he later worked as an educator in Kennebec County, Maine. In 1880, he moved to Crisfield, Maryland, where he worked as a clerk for a lumber company. In 1885, he moved to Cambridge. From August 1898 he served as a school superintendent. Ideologically, he was conservative.
After serving in Congress, Kerr returned to Cambridge and worked as a traveling salesman
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American politician (1861-1920)
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Josiah Kerr died on 27 September 1920.
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