Joseph Kerr (Wisconsin politician) explained

Joseph Kerr
State:Wisconsin
State Assembly:Wisconsin
District:Columbia
Term Start:June 5, 1848
Term End:January 7, 1850
Predecessor:Position established
Successor:Hugh McFarlane
Party:Whig
Birth Date:1804
Birth Place:Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:Randolph, Wisconsin, U.S.
Restingplace:Friesland Cemetery,
Spouse:Lydia H. Langdon (died 1884)

Joseph Kerr (1804January 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]

Background and election to the Assembly

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.

After the Assembly

In November 1851 he was a founding member, and was elected First Vice-president, of the Columbia County Agricultural Society.[3] He remained active therein, and in November 1853 was elected President of the Society.[4]

He died January 22, 1855, in Randolph.[5] [6] At the time of his death he had been for years Chairman of the Town of Randolph Board of Supervisors, and thrice been elected Chairman of the Columbia County Board; and was a Director of the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad Company. He was married, and was or had been a parent.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/pubs/ib/99ib1.pdf "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848 - 1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999. p. 70
  2. News: List of Members of the Assembly of the State of Wisconsin . Wisconsin Express . January 30, 1849 . August 22, 2021 . .
  3. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.HistColumb The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880; pp. 458, 529, 845, 851
  4. Milwaukee Free Democrat November 15, 1853; p. 2, col. 2
  5. News: Joseph Kerr . Daily Free Democrat . January 31, 1855 . Milwaukee, WI . 3 . . October 16, 2021.
  6. News: Death of Joseph Kerr . Wisconsin State Journal . February 5, 1855 . Madison, WI . 2 . . October 16, 2021.