Augustus W. Cutler

Augustus W. Cutler

Augustus William Cutler (born October 22, 1827 in Morristown , New Jersey , †  January 1, 1897 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1879 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Augustus Cutler was a great-grandson of Silas Condict (1738-1801), a delegate of the Continental Congress . Cutler grew up on a farm and attended public schools in his home country as well as Yale College . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1849, he began to work in Morristown in this profession. Between 1856 and 1861 he was a prosecutor in Morris County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1870 he was president of the local education committee; from 1871 to 1874 he was a member of the New Jersey Senate . In 1873 he was a member of an assembly to revise the state constitution.

In the congressional election of 1874 Cutler was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded William Walter Phelps on March 4, 1875 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1879 . From 1877 he was chairman of the Agriculture Committee . In 1878 he renounced another candidacy. After his time in the US House of Representatives, Cutler practiced as a lawyer again. In 1880 and 1896, he sought unsuccessfully to return to Congress. He died on January 1, 1897 in his hometown of Morristown, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Augustus W. Cutler in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Augustus W. Cutler in the database of Find a Grave (English)