JOHN W. KERN

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FULL NAME:
John Worth Kern

BORN:
December 20, 1849
Alto, Indiana

DIED:
August 17, 1917 (age 67)
Asheville, North Carolina

EDUCATION:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (LLB, 1869)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1869:

Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Kokomo, Indiana 
1870:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Michigan House of Representatives
1871-1884:
City Attorney for Kokomo, Indiana
1885-1889:
Report of the Indiana Supreme Court
1893-1897:
Member, Indiana State Senate
1893-1894:
Special Assistant U.S. District Attorney
1900, 1904:
Unsuccessful Democratic Candidate for Governor of Indiana 
1908:
Democratic Candidate for Vice President 
1911-1917:
U.S. Senator  (D-IN)
1913-1917:
Chairman, Senate Democratic Caucus 
1916:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Reelection to the Senate 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia