| State House: | Texas |
| District: | 62nd |
| Term Start: | January 11, 1881 |
| Term End: | Jan 9, 1883 |
| Predecessor: | Benjamin Franklin Jones |
| Birth Date: | 1833–1842 |
| Birth Place: | New Orleans, U.S. |
| Death Date: | 1912–1913 |
| Death Place: | Bastrop, Texas, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican (until late 1870s) Greenback (late 1870s—1882) Republican (after 1882) |
Robert A. Kerr (1842 – January 12, 1912)[1] or (December 23, 1833 – January 7, 1913)[2] or (1841 - April 28, 1912)[3] was an American politician, barber, bookkeeper, civic leader, and shipping clerk. He helped establish the first high school for African Americans in Bastrop County, Texas, when he was a member of the Bastrop County School Board.[4]
He was born in New Orleans and his father, known as Major A. Kerr,[1] owned him.[4] He was banished from San Antonio for aiding runaway slaves.[4]
He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives as a member of the Greenback Party in 1880.[2] He served on the Military Affairs Committee and was an opponent of the convict lease system. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1882 as a Republican.[1] Kerr was chosen as a delegate to the 1872 Republican National Convention and was chosen as an alternate delegate for the 1892 Republican National Convention.[1] He and Harriel G. Geiger were the only African-Americans to be elected into the Texas Legislature as representatives for the Greenback Party.[2]
He had an adopted child with his wife Sarah.[1]