John
Worth
(John W.)
Kern
Born in Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Harrison Kern
and Nancy Ligett
Brother of
Sarah Elizabeth (Kern) Engel
Husband of
Araminta (Cooper) Kern
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 67
in Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jun 2016
This page has been accessed 663 times.
| Preceded by Albert J. Beveridge |
John W. Kern US Senator (Class 1) from Indiana  |
Succeeded by Harry Stewart New |
John W. Kern is Notable.
Biography
John Worth Kern was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana. While the title was not official, he is considered to be the first Senate majority leader (and in turn, the first Senate Democratic Leader), while serving concurrently as chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus. He was also the Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 1908 presidential election.
Born in Alto, Indiana, Kern practiced law in Kokomo, Indiana, after graduating from the University of Michigan Law School. He won election to the Indiana Senate before serving as the city solicitor of Indianapolis. After running unsuccessfully for the position of Governor of Indiana, Kern was selected as the vice presidential nominee at the 1908 Democratic National Convention. The Democratic ticket of William Jennings Bryan and Kern was defeated by the Republican ticket of William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman.
Kern won election to the United States Senate in 1910, becoming a progressive ally of President Woodrow Wilson. He was elected Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus and helped pass several major pieces of legislation, including the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Revenue Act of 1913, and the Federal Reserve Act. He also introduced the Kern Resolution, which led to the investigation of conditions in coal mines, and supported passage of the Seventeenth Amendment. He was defeated for re-election in 1916, losing to Republican Harry Stewart New, and Kern died the following year.
Sources
- Find A Grave Memorial# 8159
- John W. Kern on Wikipedia
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXY-N1W : 12 April 2016), John W Kern in household of William H Beiko, Indiana, United States; citing p. 20, family 179, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,823.
- Life of John W. Kern by Claude G. Bowers
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