William E. Tuttle

William E. Tuttle

William Edgar Tuttle Jr. (born December 10, 1870 in Horseheads , Chemung County , New York , † February 11, 1923 in Westfield , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1915 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Tuttle attended Horseheads High School and then until 1887 the Elmira Free Academy . He then studied for two years at Cornell University in Ithaca . He then went into the timber business in Westfield. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1908 and 1916 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . In the 1910 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Charles N. Fowler on March 4, 1911 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1915 . During this time the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified.

In 1914, Tuttle was defeated by Republican John H. Capstick . After his time in the US House of Representatives, he went back to working in the timber business. In 1916 he served as the American commissioner for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition , the world exhibition in San Francisco ; In 1919, he was Chairman of the State Board of Conservation and Development in New Jersey . Tuttle has also worked in insurance and banking. In 1921 he was state commissioner for the banking and insurance industries. He also founded the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce. William Tuttle died in Westfield on February 11, 1923.

Web links

• William E. Tuttle in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William E. Tuttle in the database of Find a Grave (English)