He helped establish the first high school for African Americans in Bastrop County, Texas, when he was a member of the Bastrop County School Board.
[2] He was born in New Orleans and his father, known as Major A. Kerr,[1] owned him.
[2] He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives as a member of the Greenback Party in 1880.
[3] He served on the Military Affairs Committee and was an opponent of the convict lease system.
[1] He and Harriel G. Geiger were the only African-Americans to be elected into the Texas Legislature as representatives for the Greenback Party.