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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the John Hosea Kerr Papers, #3358, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Gift 1958

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• Agriculture and state--United States--History--20th century.
• Cotton growing--Law and legislation--United States--History--20th century.
• Democratic Party (N.C.)--History--20th century.
• Democratic Party (U.S.)--History--20th century.
• John H. Kerr Reservoir (Va. and N.C.)--History.
• Kerr, John Hosea, 1873-1958.
• North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• North Carolina--Politics and government--1951-
• Peanuts--Law and legislation--United States--History--20th century.
• Subversive activities--United States--History--20th century.
• Tobacco--Law and legislation--United States--History--20th century.
• United States. Congress. House.
• World War, 1939-1945--Finance--United States.

United States Congressman from Warrenton, N.C., representing the 2nd district (northeastern North Carolina), 1923-1953.

Congressional files of Kerr, documenting his involvement in legislative actions concerning cotton, peanuts, and tobacco farming. He was vice-chairman of the subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee that handled military appropriations during World War II, chairman for the Subcommittee on Subversive Organizations, delegate to the Democratic national conventions of 1932 and 1940, and promoter of the Roanoke River reservoir project named for him.