John Hutchins (July 25, 1812 – November 20, 1891) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a

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from

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from 1859 to 1863.

Life and career

Hutchins was born in

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. He was a first cousin of future congressman Wells A. Hutchins. He attended the district schools and Western Reserve College, known now as Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied law with

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, later Ohio Governor. He was

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in 1837 and commenced practice in

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. He served as clerk of the common pleas court for

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from 1838–43, and was a member of the State house of representatives in 1849 and 1850. He served as the mayor of Warren for two years, and was a member of the Warren Board of Education for six years. He later formed a partnership with

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Hutchins was elected as a

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to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859–March 3, 1863). He served as chairman of the Committee on Manufacturers (Thirty-seventh Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1862, and subsequently resumed the practice of law in Warren. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1868 and continued the practice of law. He died there on November 20, 1891, and was interred in

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. He married Rhoda M Andrews in 1838, who died in Cleveland in May, 1890. She had three sons and two daughters, three sons and one daughter survived their parents.

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