John W. Kittera

John Wilkes Kittera (* November 1752 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, † June 6, 1801 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1791 and 1801 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Kittera grew even during the British colonial era. Until 1776 he attended Princeton College. After studying law and his 1782 was admitted as a lawyer in Lancaster, he began to work in this profession. He later supported led by President George Washington federal government (Pro - Administration Group ) and became a member in the late 1790s by Alexander Hamilton founded the Federalist Party.

In the congressional elections of 1790 Kittera was selected in the fifth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the time which meets even in Philadelphia U.S. House of Representatives, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1791. After four elections he could pass in Congress until March 3, 1801 five legislative sessions. From 1795 he represented the seventh district where his state.

In 1801 was nominated for the eastern part of Pennsylvania John Kittera by the outgoing President John Adams to the Attorney General. He died a few months later, on 6 June of the same year in Lancaster. His son Thomas (1789-1839) was also a congressman.