Kittredge Haskins

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Kittredge Haskins

Kittredge Haskins (born April 8, 1836 in Dover , Vermont , †  August 7, 1916 in Brattleboro , Vermont) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1901 and 1909 he represented the second constituency of the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Kittredge Haskins attended public schools in his home country and at times also received private lessons. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1858, he began working in his new profession in Wilmington . In 1861, he moved his residence and practice to Williamsville . Between 1862 and 1863 he served in a Vermont volunteer unit during the Civil War . He achieved the rank of first lieutenant. In 1863 he had to give up active military service because of an injury. He settled in Brattleboro and worked as a civilian in the military administration of the state of Vermont until the end of the war.

Haskins became a member of the Republican Party . After the war he worked as a lawyer again. In 1869 he was a member of the Advisory Board to Governor Peter T. Washburn . Between 1869 and 1872 he was a member of the executive committee of his party in Vermont. From 1870 to 1872, Haskins served as a prosecutor. From 1872 to 1874 and again from 1896 to 1900 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Vermont ; from 1898 he was its president. He was also a member of the State Senate from 1892 to 1894 . From 1880 to 1887, Haskins served as the state attorney for the Vermont District. He was also a member of a commission that redefined the state line between Vermont and Massachusetts between 1892 and 1900 .

In the congressional elections of 1900 he was elected as a candidate for his party in the second district of Vermont to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded William W. Grout on March 4, 1901 . After three re-elections, Haskins could remain in Congress for four terms until March 3, 1909 . From 1907 to 1909 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with war claims. In 1908 he was not nominated by his party for another term. After retiring from Congress, Haskins became a judge in Brattleboro City Court in 1910. Between 1912 and 1915 he was a postman in this city. Kittredge Haskins died in Brattleboro in August 1916 and was buried there.

Web links

  • Kittredge Haskins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)