- John K. Luttrell
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Born near
Knoxville, Tennessee , Luttrell attended the common schools. He moved with his parents to a farm inAlabama in 1844. He moved toMissouri in 1845 with his parents, who settled on a farm near St. Joseph. He moved to California in 1852 and engaged in mining. He settled in Yolo County and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He moved to Prairie City (later Folsom) in 1853, to El Dorado County in 1854 and thence to Watsonville in Santa Cruz County, and to Alameda County. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Oakland in 1856. He was aJustice of the Peace in Brooklyn (now a part of Oakland) in 1856 and 1857. He moved to Siskiyou County in 1858 and purchased a ranch near Fort Jones. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, mining, and the practice of law. He was sergeant at arms of theCalifornia State Assembly in 1865 and 1866.He again served as a member of the Assembly in 1871 and 1872.Luttrell was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (
March 4 1873 -March 3 1879 ). He declined to be a candidate for reelection. He resumed the practice of law, farming, and mining. He served as member of the board of state prison directors from 1887 to 1889. He was appointed United States Commissioner of Fisheries and special agent of theUnited States Treasury for Alaska in 1893. He died inSitka, Alaska at age 62, and was interred in Fort Jones Cemetery,Fort Jones, California .References
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