John Kerr (governor-general)
Sir John Robert Kerr, (24 September 1914 – 24 March 1991) was the 18th Governor-General of Australia. He dismissed the Labor government of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975, marking the climax of the most significant constitutional crisis in Australian history. He had previously been the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
John Kerr Jr. (congress)
He was born near Danville, Virginia, February 10, 1811, son of John Kerr. The younger Kerr completed academic studies in Richmond, Virginia; studied law; and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Yanceyville, North Carolina; trustee of Wake Forest College, North Carolina 1844-1856 and of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1846-1868; unsuccessful Whig candidate for Governor of North Carolina in 1852; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress; member of the State house of representatives in 1858 and 1860; judge of the superior court of North Carolina, 1862–1863 and 1874–1879; died in Reidsville, North Carolina, September 5, 1879; interment in the City Cemetery, Yanceyville, N.C.