Hiram Oscar Kerns (December 14, 1853 – June 27, 1931) was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate, representing Halifax County from 1906 to 1908.
Kerns was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1852, while his mother was visiting her family in Paradise Township.
Kerns learned the milling trade from his father and worked as a miller himself for a short time in Gloucester County.
Kerns donated land and materials for the building of Sutherlin Methodist Episcopal Church, which began in 1892.
He died in 1931 and was buried with full Masonic Honors in the cemetery behind the church he helped build.