John W. Kittera

John W. Kittera

John Wilkes Kittera (born November 1752 in Lancaster County , Province of Pennsylvania , †  June 6, 1801 in Lancaster , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1791 and 1801 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Kittera grew up during the British colonial era. Until 1776 he attended Princeton College . After studying law and his admission to the bar in 1782, he began to work in Lancaster in this profession. He later supported the federal government led by President George Washington ( Pro-Administration faction ) and became a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton in the late 1790s .

In the congressional elections of 1790 Kittera was elected in the fifth constituency of Pennsylvania to the US House of Representatives, which was still in Philadelphia at that time , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1791. After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1801 . From 1795 he represented the seventh district of his state there.

In 1801, John Kittera was nominated as a federal attorney for eastern Pennsylvania by outgoing President John Adams . He died a few months later on June 6 of the same year in Lancaster. His son Thomas (1789-1839) was also a member of Congress.

Web links

• John W. Kittera in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John W. Kittera in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
New constituency established	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (5th constituency) March 4, 1791 - March 3, 1795	John Richards
Thomas Hartley	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (7th constituency) March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1801	Thomas Boude