A. Paul Kitchin (September 13, 1908 – October 22, 1983) was a U.S. Congressional representative from

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Early life

Kitchin was born in

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on September 13, 1908, the grandson of former congressman William H. Kitchin and the nephew of congressman Claude Kitchin and of North Carolina Governor

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. His father, Alvin Paul Kitchin, Sr., was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He was educated in the public schools; attended

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1923–1925; graduated from

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Law School in 1930; was admitted to the bar in 1930 and commenced the practice of law in Scotland Neck.

Wartime Career with FBI

Beginning in 1933, he worked for the

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. He served as special-agent-in-charge of the FBI's offices in several major cities, including Newark, NJ, New Orleans, LA, and Dallas, TX. He retired from the FBI in August 1945, and then resumed the practice of law in Wadesboro, NC, his wife's hometown.

Service in U.S. House of Representatives

In 1956, Kitchin was elected as a

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to the Eighty-fifth Congress (January 3, 1957 - January 3, 1959), and was subsequently re-elected to the Eighty-sixth Congress (January 3, 1959 - January 3, 1961) as well as the Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963). In 1962, his Republican colleague Charles R. Jonas ran for re-election in the 8th district as a result of redistricting, and defeated Kitchin. Kitchin resumed the practice of law and was a resident of

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, until his death there on October 22, 1983.

References

Congressional Biographical Directory
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