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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJohn Worth KERN
(1849-1917)
Senate Years of Service:
1911-1917Party: DemocratKERN, John Worth, a
Senator from Indiana; born in Alto, Howard County, Ind., December
20, 1849; attended the common schools and the normal college at
Kokomo, Ind.; taught school; graduated from the law department of
the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1869; admitted to the
bar the same year and commenced practice in Kokomo; unsuccessful
candidate for election to the State house of representatives in
1870; city attorney of Kokomo 1871-1884; reporter of the Indiana
Supreme Court 1885-1889; member, State senate 1893-1897; special
assistant United States district attorney 1893-1894; city solicitor
of Indianapolis 1897-1901; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for
Governor in 1900 and 1904; unsuccessful candidate for Vice
President of the United States on the Democratic ticket with
William Jennings Bryan in 1908; elected as a Democrat to the United
States Senate and served from March 4, 1911, to March 3, 1917;
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916; Democratic caucus
chairman 1913-1917; chairman, Committee on Privileges and Elections
(Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses); died in Asheville, N.C.,
August 17, 1917; interment on the Kern estate near Hollins, Va.;
reinterment in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind., in
1929.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Oleszek, Walter J.
“John Worth Kern: Portrait of a Floor Leader.” In
First Among Equals: Outstanding Senate Leaders of the Twentieth
Century, edited by Richard A. Baker and Roger H. Davidson, pp.
7-37. Washington: Congressional Quarterly, 1991; Sehlinger, Peter
J. “John W. Kern: A Hoosier Progressive.” In
Gentlemen from Indiana: National Party Candidates,
1836-1940, edited by Ralph D. Gray, pp. 189-217. Indianapolis:
Indiana Historical Bureau, 1977.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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