Michael J. Kernan


Michael Jenkins Kernan was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was born on March 13, 1884, in Utica, New York, the son of Nicholas Edward Kernan and Harriet Anne Kernan. He was an investment broker.
Kernan was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1923. On September 25, 1925, he married Katharine Covenhoven Clarke, and they had three children, among them journalist Michael Kernan.
He was a member of the New York State Senate in 1933 and 1934; and was Chairman of the Committee on Affairs of Villages.
He died on December 15, 1953, at his home in Manhattan Beach, California.
U.S. Senator Francis Kernan was his grandfather.