James A. Louttit
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James A. Louttit | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | |
Preceded by | James Budd |
Succeeded by | Marion Biggs |
Personal details | |
Born | James Alexander Louttit October 16, 1848 New Orleans, Louisiana, US |
Died | July 26, 1906 Pacific Grove, California, US | (aged 57)
Political party | Republican |
Profession | lawyer, politician |
James Alexander Louttit (October 16, 1848 – July 26, 1906) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from California from 1885 to 1887.
Biography
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1849 he moved to California with his parents, who settled in Calaveras County. He attended private and public schools and the State normal school at Sacramento. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He settled in Stockton, California, in 1871 and practiced law - he was prosecuting attorney of Stockton 1871–1879.
Congress
He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887).
Congressman Louttit helped to found a Public Library in Lodi in 1885.[citation needed]
Later career and death
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1886, and resumed the practice of law in Stockton. He died in Pacific Grove, California on July 26, 1906, and was interred in the Stockton Rural Cemetery.
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | James A. Louttit | 18,327 | 49.4 | |||
Democratic | Charles Allen Sumner | 18,208 | 49.1 | |||
Prohibition | Joshua B. Webster | 558 | 1.5 | |||
Total votes | 37,093 | 100.0 | ||||
Turnout | ||||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
References
- United States Congress. "James A. Louttit (id: L000453)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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