William Henry Kurtz

William Henry Kurtz ( born January 31, 1804 in York, Pennsylvania, † June 24, 1868 ) was an American politician. Between 1851 and 1855 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Kurtz attended the common schools and the York County Academy. After a subsequent law degree in 1828 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began in York to work in this profession. In the meantime, he was district attorney in York County. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1850 Kurtz was in the 15th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joel Buchanan Danner on March 4, 1851. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1855 two legislative sessions. Since 1853 he represented there as a follower of William Wallace Irwin the 25th district of his state. Also since 1853, he was Chairman of the Committee for the control of public expenditure. His time as a congressman was shaped by the events leading up to the Civil War.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives William Kurtz again practiced as a lawyer in York, where he died on 24 June 1868.