Josiah Leeds Kerr (January 10, 1861 – September 27, 1920) represented

Maryland's 1st congressional district Maryland's 1st congressional district encompasses the entire Eastern Shore of Maryland, including Salisbury, Maryland, Salisbury, as well as Harford County, Maryland, Harford County and parts of Baltimore County, Maryland, Baltimore County; it i ...

in the

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from 1900 to 1901. Kerr was born in

Vienna, Maryland Vienna is a town in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 271 at the 2010 census. History Prior to European colonization, a Nanticoke town called "Chicacone" existed where Vienna is now located. The Nanticokes are an ...

. He moved to

Crisfield, Maryland Crisfield is a city in Somerset County, Maryland, United States, located on the Tangier Sound, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. The population was 2,515 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statis ...

, in 1880, and entered the employ of a lumber company as

clerk A clerk is a white-collar worker who conducts record keeping as well as general office tasks, or a worker who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include Records managem ...

. He then moved to

Cambridge, Maryland Cambridge is a city in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 13,096 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Dorchester County and the county's largest municipality. Cambridge is the fourth most populous city in Ma ...

, in 1885, and was elected school examiner in August 1898, serving two years. Kerr was elected as a Republican to Congress from

to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Walter Smith and served the remainder of Smith's term from November 6, 1900, to March 3, 1901, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1900. He returned to Cambridge, and became a traveling salesman. He died in Cambridge, and is interred in Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery.

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1861 births 1920 deaths People from Dorchester County, Maryland Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland People from Crisfield, Maryland People from Cambridge, Maryland 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Maryland-politician-stub