Fred J. Kern
Encyclopedia
Frederick John Kern was a U.S. Representative
from Illinois
.
, St. Clair County
, Illinois
, and attended the public schools of Millstadt, and attended Illinois State Normal University in Normal, Illinois
. 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.
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. He served as mayor of Belleville from 1902 through 1912, and served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1904, 1908, and 1912. Kern was President of the State Board of Administration from 1913 through 1919.
Congress, but was unsuccessful, and resumed his newspaper pursuits in Belleville, Illinois
. Kern died in Belleville, Illinois
, on November 9, 1931. He was interred in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
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Early life
Kern was born on a farm near MillstadtMillstadt, Illinois
Millstadt is a suburb of St. Louis and a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, at the crossing of Illinois Route 163 and Illinois Route 158 . The village is known for its German heritage, with more than half its people of German descent...
, St. Clair County
St. Clair County, Illinois
St. Clair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 1970, the U.S. Census Bureau placed the mean center of U.S. population in St. Clair County. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 270,056, which is an increase of 5.5% from 256,082 in 2000. Its county seat is...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, and attended the public schools of Millstadt, and attended Illinois State Normal University in Normal, Illinois
Normal, Illinois
Normal is an incorporated town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It had a population of 52,497 as of the 2010 census. Normal is the smaller of two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area...
. 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.
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-sixth56th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Garret Hobart , until November 21, 1899 , vacant thereafter.* President pro tempore: William P. Frye * Democratic Caucus Chairman: James K. Jones...
Congress.
In 1901, Kern was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
to the Fifty-seventh
57th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:*Democratic: 151*Republican: 200 *Populist: 5*Silver : 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Theodore Roosevelt , until September 14, 1901, vacant thereafter....
Congress, where he served from March 4, 1901 through March 3, 1903. He served as mayor of Belleville from 1902 through 1912, and served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1904, 1908, and 1912. Kern was President of the State Board of Administration from 1913 through 1919.
Later life
Kern ran for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth58th United States Congress
- House of Representatives :* Republican : 209 * Democratic : 176* Silver Republican : 1TOTAL members: 386-Senate:* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: William P. Frye -Members:...
Congress, but was unsuccessful, and resumed his newspaper pursuits in Belleville, Illinois
Belleville, Illinois
Belleville is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city has a population of 44,478. It is the eighth-most populated city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area and the most populated city south of Springfield in the state of Illinois. It is the county...
. Kern died in Belleville, Illinois
Belleville, Illinois
Belleville is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city has a population of 44,478. It is the eighth-most populated city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area and the most populated city south of Springfield in the state of Illinois. It is the county...
, on November 9, 1931. He was interred in Walnut Hill Cemetery.