John Wilkes Kittera (November 1752 – June 6, 1801) was an American lawyer and politician from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Kittera was born near

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. He was appointed by President

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as United States attorney for the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It originally sat in Independence Hall in Phil ...

. He represented

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in the

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from 1791 until 1801. He is the father of Thomas Kittera.

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1752 births 1801 deaths People from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania American Presbyterians Pennsylvania lawyers Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania People of colonial Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub