Senator Charles B. Kern View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information

Date of Death: 7/18/1942

Birth Place: Norwalk, Iowa

Birth County: Warren

Party Affiliation: Republican

Assemblies Served:
Senate: 41 (1925) - 42 (1927)

House: 37 (1917) - 38 (1919)

Home County: Warren

Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Father: John Kern; GA 9

Charles B. Kern

Warren County

Senator from the eleventh district, which includes Clark and Warren counties, was born at Norwalk in Warren county, February 1, 1867. His parents, John and Miriam Black Kern, came from Ohio to Iowa in the year 1857 and settled in Linn township, Warren county, on the farm now owned and occupied by Senator Kern and family. He lived on the farm, spent his school days in the country district school, Indianola public schools and Simpson college. Married August 25, 1893, to Mary Frances Spring. They have four children, all of whom are living. He is actively engaged in farming and feeding. Represented his county in the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth general assemblies. Was elected to the state senate from the Clark-Warren district in 1924. A republican in politics.

Senate District 11