John Hutchinson (politician, 1830)

John Hutchinson (born March 27, 1830 in Randolph , Vermont , † December 12, 1887 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American lawyer and politician .

Career

John Hutchinson was born in Orange County in 1830 . His childhood was overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the following years by the Mexican-American War . Hutchinson graduated from Dartmouth College . He studied law under William H. Seward from Auburn ( New York ). As an anti-slavery advocate, he was among the early settlers in Lawrence ( Kansas Territory ). Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act , he was elected to the Territorial Legislature in 1855, but did not attend any session. In 1857 he was elected Speaker of the House .

Secretary of State William H. Seward and President Abraham Lincoln selected Hutchinson and on March 26, 1861 appointed him the first Secretary of State of the Dakota Territory . The family of John Hutchinson accompanied him to Yankton ( Yankton County ). The Territory Governor of the Dakota Territory William Jayne resigned from his post in February 1863 to run for Congress . Hutchinson served until the appointment of his successor Newton Edmunds on October 5, 1863 as acting territorial governor. Lincoln appointed Hutchinson to the US consul in Livorno ( Italy ) - a post which he held from 1865 to 1869.

Hutchinson practiced as a lawyer in Chicago, Illinois until his death in 1887. He was a partner in the law firm Hutchinson & Carpenter in 1875 and a partner in the law firm Hutchinson & Hind from 1877 .

Web links

• John Hutchinson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• John Hutchinson on the history.nd.gov website