William Henry Kurtz (January 31, 1804 – June 24, 1868) was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a
Democratic member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania from 1851 to 1855.
Early life
William H. Kurtz was born in
York, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the York County Academy at York. He studied law, was admitted to the bar on January 7, 1828, and commenced practice in York.
Career
He served as prosecuting attorney of
York County, Pennsylvania.
Congress
Kurtz was elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-second and
Thirty-third Congresses. He served as chairman of the
United States House Committee on Public Expenditures
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The committee's broad jurisdiction and legislative authority make it one of the most influential and powerful panels in the ...
during the Thirty-third Congress.
He resumed the practice of law after leaving Congress.
Death and burial
Kurtz died in York on June 24, 1868. He was interred in
Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Footnotes
Sources
The Political Graveyard
1804 births
1868 deaths
Pennsylvania lawyers
Politicians from York, Pennsylvania
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century American legislators
19th-century American lawyers
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