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  Kerr, John
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AffiliationWhig   
NameJohn Kerr
Address
Danville, Virginia , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born August 04, 1782
DiedSeptember 29, 1842 (60 years)
Contributoreddy 9_99
Last ModifedChronicler
Aug 04, 2023 05:53am
Tags Baptist -
InfoKERR, John, (father of John Kerr, Jr., cousin of Bartlett Yancey, and granduncle of John Hosea Kerr), a Representative from Virginia; born near Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C., August 4, 1782; attended the common schools; studied theology; was licensed as a Baptist minister in 1802; located in Halifax County, Va., in 1805; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fourteenth Congress but was subsequently elected to fill the vacancy in the Fourteenth Congress caused by the death of Matthew Clay and served from October 30, 1815, to March 3, 1817; was not a candidate for renomination in 1816; resumed the ministry and was pastor of the Baptist churches of Arbor and Mary Creek, Va.; moved to Richmond, Va., in March 1825 and was pastor of the First Baptist Church; resigned in 1832; settled upon a farm near Danville, Pittsylvania County, Va., in 1836 and died there September 29, 1842; interment in Baptist Cemetery, Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C.

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Importance? 7.00000 Average

FAMILY
Son John Kerr 1811-1879
Father John Kerr 1754-1816
Mother Mary (Graves) Kerr 1754-1831
Grandfather John Graves 1714-1792
Aunt Nancy (Graves) Yancey 1748-1818
1st Cousin James Yancey 1768-1829
1st Cousin Bartlett Yancey 1785-1828

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RACES
  04/27/1837 VA - District 06 Lost 34.96% (-30.08%)
  04/00/1819 VA District 15 Lost 21.25% (-57.50%)
  10/23/1815 VA District 15 Special Election Won 43.96% (+17.35%)
  04/00/1815 VA District 15 Lost 41.70% (-10.25%)
  04/00/1813 VA District 15 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  04/00/1811 VA District 14 Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
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