| James Kerr | |
| Image Name: | James Kerr (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg |
| Office1: | Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives |
| Term Start1: | March 4, 1891 |
| Term End1: | March 3, 1895 |
| Predecessor1: | Edward McPherson |
| Successor1: | Alexander McDowell |
| State2: | Pennsylvania |
| District2: | 28th |
| Term Start2: | March 4, 1889 |
| Term End2: | March 3, 1891 |
| Preceded2: | None |
| Succeeded2: | George Frederic Kribbs |
| Office3: | Member of the Pennsylvania Senate |
| Term3: | 1869–1871 |
| Birth Date: | 2 October 1851 |
| Birth Place: | Reedsville, Pennsylvania |
| Death Place: | New York City, New York |
| Party: | Democratic |
James Kerr (October 2, 1851 – October 31, 1908) was a member of the United States House of Representatives and later the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
Kerr was born in Reedsville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1851; resided in Blair County until 1864; moved to Clearfield in 1867; pursued an academic course. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1869 to 1871.[1] He was also a justice of the peace in 1878; prothonotary for Clearfield County in 1880 and 1883; engaged in the coal and lumber business; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890; during the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses was appointed Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1895; resumed business interests; died in New York City October 31, 1908; interment in Hillcrest Cemetery, Clearfield, Pennsylvania.