OTTO KERNER JR.


Otto Kerner Jr.
Otto Kerner Jr.
  • Born: August 15, 1908
  • Died: May 9, 1976
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Otto Kerner Jr. was an American jurist and politician who served as the 33rd Governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968 and a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. As a federal judge, he chaired the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (the Kerner Commission), but was forced to step down from the bench after being convicted of mail fraud.