Robert Samuel Kerr III (born October 12, 1950) is an American Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

[1] He served as a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 86th district from 1978 to 1980,[2] 12th lieutenant governor of Oklahoma from 1987 to 1991,[3] and as chair of the Oklahoma Democratic Party.

[4] He ran unsuccessfully for Oklahoma's 3rd Congressional district seat, losing in the Democratic Party primary to State Representative William K. Brewster,[3] he was endorsed by Carl Albert.

[3] Kerr was raised in southeastern Oklahoma.

Kerr endorsed Bill Bradley for President of the United States in 2000,[5] and in 2004 he endorsed Dick Gephardt.