- Kittredge Haskins
Kittredge Haskins (
April 8 ,1836 -August 7 ,1916 ) was a U.S. Representative fromVermont .Born in
Dover, Vermont , Haskins attended the public schools and received instruction from a private tutor.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice inWilmington, Vermont .He moved to Williamsville in 1861 and continued the practice of law. Enlisted as a private in Company I,Sixteenth Regiment, Vermont Volunteers,August 23 ,1862 .He was commissioned first lieutenantSeptember 20 ,1862 , and served untilMarch 19 ,1863 , when he resigned on account of disabilities.He returned to Vermont and settled in Brattleboro.He entered the Government service as a civil employee in the office of the assistant quartermaster of Volunteers and served in that capacity until the close of the war.He resumed the practice of law.He was appointed colonel and chief of staff to Gov. Peter T. Washburn in 1869.He served as member of the Republican State committee 1869-1872. State's attorney 1870-1872.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1872-1874 and 1896-1900. Speaker of the house 1898-1900. United States attorney for the district of Vermont from October 1880 to July 1887.He served in the State senate 1892-1894.He served as chairman of the Vermont board of commissioners to establish the boundary line between that State and Massachusetts 1892-1900.Haskins was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (
March 4 ,1901 -March 3 ,1909 ).He served as chairman of the Committee on War Claims (Sixtieth Congress).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908.He served as judge of the municipal court inBrattleboro, Vermont , in 1910. Postmaster of Brattleboro 1912-1915.He died in Brattleboro,August 7 ,1916 .He was interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery.References
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