Kittredge Haskins (April 8, 1836 – August 7, 1916) was a
Vermont
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lawyer and politician who served in the
U.S. House of Representatives
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.
Born in
Dover, Vermont
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, Haskins attended the public schools and received instruction from a private tutor.
He studied law and was
admitted to the bar
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in 1858. Commencing
private practice Private practice may refer to:
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in
Wilmington, Vermont
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History
The town was chartered in 1751 by Benning Wentworth, colonial governor of New ...
, he moved to
Williamsville in 1861 and continued the practice of law.
During the
American Civil War
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, Haskins
enlisted
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as a
private
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in Company I,
16th Vermont Infantry
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on August 23, 1862. He was commissioned
first lieutenant
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The rank of lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations, but in most forces it is sub-divided into a s ...
on September 20 of that year and served until March 19, 1863, when he resigned on account of disabilities. Haskins returned to Vermont and settled in
Brattleboro
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. He entered the government service as a civil employee in the office of the assistant
quartermaster
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of Volunteers and served in that capacity until the close of the war.
After the end of the war Haskins resumed the practice of law. He was appointed a
colonel
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and
chief of staff
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to
Governor
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Peter T. Washburn
Peter Thacher Washburn (September 7, 1814 – February 7, 1870) was a Vermont lawyer, politician and soldier. A veteran of the American Civil War, he served as the 31st governor of Vermont as a Republican from 1869 to 1870, and was the first Verm ...
in 1869 and served as a member of the
Republican state committee from 1869 to 1872.
Haskins served as a
state's attorney
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from 1870 to 1872 and as a member of the
Vermont House of Representatives
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from 1872 to 1874. Haskins served as
U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont from October 1880 to July 1887 and was a member of the
Vermont Senate
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from 1892 to 1894. Haskins served as chairman of the Vermont Board of Commissioners to establish the boundary line between Vermont and
from 1892 to 1900.
Haskins returned to the state House from 1896 to 1900, serving as
speaker
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from 1898 to 1900.
Haskins was elected as a
Republican
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to the
57th and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1901, to March 3, 1909. He served as chairman of the Committee on War Claims during the
60th Congress
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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1908
Events
January
* January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica.
* January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
.
Haskins served as judge of the municipal court in Brattleboro in 1910 and as
postmaster
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of Brattleboro from 1912 to 1915. He died in Brattleboro on August 7, 1916, and is interred in
Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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