John E. Hutton

John Edward Hutton (born March 28, 1828 in Polk County , Tennessee , †  December 28, 1893 in Mexico , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1889 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1831, John Hutton moved with his parents to Troy , Missouri, where he later attended public schools. He then taught as a teacher. After studying medicine at Pope's Medical College in St. Louis and becoming a doctor, he began practicing this profession in Warrenton in 1860 . During the first phase of the Civil War , Hutton served in the Union Army , making it to colonel in a Missouri infantry regiment . During the war he studied law and, after being admitted to the bar in 1864, worked in Warrenton. Since 1865 he was resident in Mexico, where he practiced as a lawyer until 1873. He then bought a newspaper affiliated with the Democrats , which he published.

Hutton himself was also a member of this party. In the congressional election of 1884 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Aylett Hawes Buckner on March 4, 1885 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1889 . In 1888 Hutton declined to run again. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he worked as both a doctor and a lawyer. He died on December 28, 1893 in Mexico, where he was buried.

Web links

• John E. Hutton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)