Thomas Kittera

Kittera Thomas ( born March 21, 1789 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, † June 16, 1839 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. In the years 1826 and 1827 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Kittera studied until 1805 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. After a subsequent law degree in 1808 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. In 1817 and 1818 he was Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania; 1824 to 1826, he served as deputy prosecutor in Philadelphia. In the 1820s he joined the movement against the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party. In 1824 and 1825 he was a member and chairman of the City Council of Philadelphia.

Following the resignation of Mr Joseph Hemphill Kittera was at the due election for the second seat of Pennsylvania as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 10 October in 1826. Since he lost the simultaneous election for the next legislative session, he could only remain until March 3, 1827 Congress. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Kittera no longer politically joined in appearance. He died on 16 June 1839 in Philadelphia.