Joseph Kerr (Wisconsin politician)
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Joseph Kerr | |
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| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Columbia district | |
| In office June 5, 1848 – January 7, 1850 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Hugh McFarlane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1804 Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | January 22, 1855 (aged 50–51) Randolph, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Resting place | Friesland Cemetery, Friesland, Wisconsin |
| Party | Whig |
| Spouse | Lydia H. Langdon (died 1884) |
| Children |
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Joseph Kerr (1804 – January 22, 1855) was an American farmer, Whig politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He represented Columbia County in the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 1st and 2nd legislatures (1848, 1849).[1]
He was born in Ohio shortly after the state's admission to the Union, and arrived in Columbia County in the fall of 1846.[2] When Wisconsin achieved statehood, he was elected to the Assembly's Columbia County seat as a Whig, and was re-elected in the fall of 1848 for the following year. When in April 1849 Randolph was organized as a Town, he was the (unsuccessful) Whig candidate for chairman of the town board.[3] He was succeeded in the Assembly seat for 1850 by Hugh McFarlane of Portage.
