William Henry Kurtz (January 31, 1804 – June 24, 1868) was a
Democratic member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Pennsylvania
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Early life
William H. Kurtz was born in
York, Pennsylvania
York (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Yarrick''), known as the White Rose City (after the symbol of the House of York), is the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the south-central region of the state. The populatio ...
. 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
York County ( Pennsylvania Dutch: Yarrick Kaundi) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 456,438. Its county seat is York. The county was created on August 19, 1749, from part of Lancaster ...
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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 during the Thirty-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law.
Death
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 politicians
19th-century American lawyers
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