Jefferson P. Kidder

Jefferson P. Kidder

Jefferson Parish Kidder (born June 4, 1815 in Braintree , Orange County , Vermont , † October 2, 1883 in St. Paul , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1879 he represented the Dakota Territory as a delegate in the US House of Representatives .

Early years and political advancement

Jefferson Kidder attended public schools in his home country and then the Norwich Military Academy in Northfield . He then worked in agriculture and as a teacher. After studying law, Kidder was admitted to the bar in 1839. He then began working in his new profession in Braintree and West Randolph .

Kidder was initially a member of the Democratic Party . In 1843 he was a member of a commission to revise the Vermont state constitution. He was a prosecutor from 1843 to 1847 and a member of the Vermont Senate from 1847 to 1848 . He then served as vice governor of the state between 1853 and 1854 . In 1856, Jefferson Kidder was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention , where James Buchanan was nominated as the party's presidential candidate. In 1857 he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, and three years later he joined the Republicans . From 1863 to 1864 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota . On February 23, 1865, Jefferson Kidder was appointed a Supreme Court Justice in the Dakota Territory by President Abraham Lincoln . Because of this, he moved to Vermillion in what is now South Dakota . Kidder held his office as judge until February 24, 1875.

Promotion to Congress and further curriculum vitae

In the congressional elections of 1874, he was elected to succeed Moses K. Armstrong as delegate of the Dakota Territory in the US House of Representatives. After a re-election in 1876, he was able to exercise this mandate between March 4, 1875 and March 3, 1879. As a delegate, however, he had no voting rights in Congress . For the congressional elections of 1878 he was no longer nominated by his party. Therefore, his seat in the following legislature went to Granville G. Bennett . After his departure from Congress, Kidder was reappointed by President Rutherford B. Hayes as a judge to the Supreme Court of the Dakota Territory. He held this office until his death in 1883.

Web links

• Jefferson P. Kidder in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jefferson P. Kidder in the database of Find a Grave (English)