biography
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Kerr, Robert Samuel
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| (1896–1963)
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| biography:
| Oil producer, US senator, and governor, born in Ada, Oklahoma, USA. Owner of the Kerr-McGee Oil Co, he served as governor of Oklahoma (1943–7) and was elected to the US Senate (Democrat, Oklahoma, 1949–63). Liberal on many issues, he opposed civil-rights legislation and regulation of the oil industry. |
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