The Kerrs of North Carolina
- John Kerr (1782-1842), U.S. Representative from Virginia 1813-1815 1815-1817. Cousin of Bartlett Yancey.
- Bartlett Yancey (1785-1828), U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1813-1817, North Carolina State Senator 1817-1827. Cousin of John Kerr.
- Thomas Settle (1789-1857), member of the North Carolina House of Commons 1816 1826-1827, U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1817-1821, North Carolina Superior Court Judge. First cousin by marriage of John Kerr and Bartlett Yancey.
- John Kerr, Jr. (1811-1879), candidate for Governor of North Carolina 1852, U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1853-1855, North Carolina State Representative 1858 1860, North Carolina Superior Court Judge 1862-1863 1874-1879. Son of John Kerr.
- Thomas Settle (1831-1888), member of the North Carolina House of Commons 1854-1859, delegate to the North Carolina Constitutional Convention 1865, North Carolina State Senator 1866-1868, Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court 1868-1871, U.S. Minister to Peru 1871, candidate for Governor of North Carolina 1876, Judge of U.S. District Court of Florida 1877. Son of Thomas Settle.
- David S. Reid (1813-1891), North Carolina State Senator 1835-1842, U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1843-1847, candidate for Governor of North Carolina 1848, Governor of North Carolina 1851-1854, U.S. Senator from North Carolina 1854-1859. Nephew of Thomas Settle.
- Thomas Settle III (1865-1919), U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1893-1897, candidate for Governor of North Carolina 1912. Son of Thomas Settle.
- John H. Kerr (1873-1958), U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1923-1953, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1940. Grandnephew of John Kerr.
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