Daniel Kerr (June 18, 1836 – October 8, 1916) was an American politician who served as a two-term Republican U.S. representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district in the 1880s.

At the time of his election, he was the owner of the Grundy Center Argus, a Republican newspaper.

A bitter fight in the convention left bruised feelings all around, and the leading Republican newspaper in Cedar Rapids, the Evening Gazette, charged the money-changers had brought about Kerr's nomination.

[2] Kerr was elected as a Republican to the 50th United States Congress, unseating incumbent Democrat Benjamin T. Frederick.

He moved to Pasadena, California, in 1909 and lived there until 1916, when he returned to Grundy Center, where he died on October 8, 1916.