district state_senate succeeded death_date death_place birth_place alongside party term_end preceded birth_date term_start image article_title state name restingplace alma_mater
14th 27th & 29th ohio william w. skiles george hildebrand 11 september 1917 mansfield , ohio monroe , ohio george hildebrand republican march 3 , 1901 january 3 , 1892 michael d. harter charles c. godding 23 june 1852 march 4 , 1895 january 2 , 1888 winfield s. kerr 1899.jpg winfield s. kerr
 ohio winfield scott kerr mansfield cemetery university of michigan law school
winfield s. kerr

winfield scott kerr -lrb- june 23 , 1852 - september 11 , 1917 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio .
born in monroe , ohio , kerr attended the common schools of his native city .
he was graduated from the law department of the university of michigan at ann arbor in 1879 .
he was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in mansfield , ohio .
he served as member of the state senate 1888-1892 .
kerr was elected as a republican to the fifty-fourth , fifty-fifth , and fifty-sixth congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1895-march 3 , 1901 -rrb- .
he served as chairman of the committee on patents -lrb- fifty-sixth congress -rrb- .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1900 .
he resumed the practice of his profession in mansfield , ohio , and died there september 11 , 1917 .
he was interred in mansfield cemetery .
