Frederick John Kern (September 2, 1864 - November 9, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. [1]
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Early life
Kern was born on a farm near Millstadt, St. Clair County, Illinois, and attended the public schools of Millstadt, and attended Illinois State Normal University in Normal, Illinois. The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. Illinois State University is a Public university in Normal Illinois and is the oldest public institution of Higher education in the state. Normal is an Incorporated town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. Kern was employed as a coal miner, and later taught at the public schools for five years. He was editor of the East St. Louis Gazette, and in 1891, became owner of the Belleville News-Democrat. [1]
Political career
Kern was elected as Chief enrolling clerk of the State senate in 1892, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress.
In 1901, Kern was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress, where he served from March 4, 1901 through March 3, 1903. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting He served as mayor of Belleville from 1902 through 1912, and served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1904, 1908, and 1912. The Democratic National Convention is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. Kern was President of the State Board of Administration from 1913 through 1919. [1]
Later life
Kern ran for for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress, but was unsuccessful, and resumed his newspaper pursuits in Belleville, Illinois. Belleville is a city in St Clair County, Illinois, United States. Kern died in Belleville, Illinois, on November 9, 1931. Belleville is a city in St Clair County, Illinois, United States. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was interred in Walnut Hill Cemetery. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (2007). Kern, Frederick John, (1864 - 1931). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as Retrieved on December 4, 2007.
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