James A. Louttit

James A. Louttit
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887
Preceded byJames Budd
Succeeded byMarion Biggs
Personal details
Born
James Alexander Louttit

(1848-10-16)October 16, 1848
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
DiedJuly 26, 1906(1906-07-26) (aged 57)
Pacific Grove, California, US
Political partyRepublican
Professionlawyer, 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

1884 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

  1. ^ 1884 election results
  • United States Congress. "James A. Louttit (id: L000453)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 2nd congressional district
1885–1887 		Succeeded by

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