Alvin Paul Kitchin

Alvin Paul Kitchin (born September 13, 1908 in Scotland Neck , Halifax County , North Carolina , †  October 22, 1983 in Wadesboro , North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1957 and 1963 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alvin Kitchin was a grandson of William H. Kitchin (1837-1901) and a nephew of Claude Kitchin (1863-1923) and William Walton Kitchin (1866-1924), all of whom were congressmen for the state of North Carolina. He attended the public schools of his home country and from 1923 to 1925 the Oak Ridge Military Institute . After a subsequent law degree at Wake Forest Law School and his admission to the bar in 1930, he began to work in this profession in Scotland Neck. Between 1933 and 1945 he worked for the FBI in the federal capital Washington, DC . He then practiced again as a lawyer in Scotland Neck.

Politically, Kitchin was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1956 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the eighth constituency of North Carolina, where he succeeded Charles B. Deane on January 3, 1957 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1963. These were determined by the events of the civil rights movement and the Cold War .

In 1962 Kitchin was defeated by the Republican Charles R. Jonas . In the following years he worked as a lawyer again. He died on October 22, 1983 in Wadesboro.

Web links

• Alvin Paul Kitchin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Alvin Paul Kitchin in the database of Find a Grave (English)