George W. Kittredge

George Washington Kittredge ( born January 31, 1805 in Epping, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; † March 6, 1881 in Newmarket, New Hampshire ) was an American politician. From 1853 to 1855 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After primary school Kittredge studied at Harvard University Medical. After his graduation and his medical license, he began in 1835 in Newmarket to practice in this profession. He also began a political and economic career. Kittredge was a member of which was founded by President Andrew Jackson Democratic Party. Between 1835 and 1852 he was several times elected to the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. In 1852, he was its president. Between 1836 and 1856 Kittredge was also director of the railway company Boston and Maine Railroad. For 40 years, he was also president of the Newmarket Savings Bank.

1852 Kittredge was in the first district of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Amos Tuck on March 4, 1853. Since he was not confirmed in the elections of 1854, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1855. During this time he was chairman of the committee that controlled the expenses of the War Department. His time in Congress was overshadowed by the debate over slavery prior to the Civil War.

In 1856 Kittredge ran unsuccessfully for his return to the Congress. After that he held no higher political office. In the following decades he worked again as a doctor. He died on March 6, 1881 in Newmarket, and was buried in a cemetery near Boston.