Charles Cutts

Charles Cutts (born January 31, 1769 in Portsmouth , New Hampshire Colony , †  January 25, 1846 in Lewinsville , Virginia ) was an American politician ( Federalist Party ) who represented the state of New Hampshire in the US Senate .

Career

Charles Cutts graduated from Harvard University in 1789 . He then studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1795 and began to practice as a lawyer. His political career began with the election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives , to which he belonged from 1803 to 1810. He was the Speaker of the Chamber of Parliament in 1807, 1808 and 1810 .

After the resignation of US Senator Nahum Parker , Cutts was elected as his successor in Washington . He took up his mandate from June 21, 1810 and initially resigned from the Senate on March 3, 1813; however, since no successor had been elected, he was reappointed incumbent until an extraordinary election. He was a member of Congress again from April 2 to June 10, 1813, before Jeremiah Mason took his seat.

Cutts returned to the Senate the following year - not as an MP, but as the elected Secretary of the Senate . He exercised this administrative office from October 12, 1814 to December 12, 1825. He then moved to Virginia, where he settled in Fairfax County and died in 1846.

Web links

• Charles Cutts in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)