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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyAugustus William CUTLER
(1827-1897)
CUTLER, Augustus William,
(great-grandson of Silas Condict), a Representative from New
Jersey; born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., October 22, 1827;
spent the early part of his life on a farm; attended the common
schools and Yale College; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1849 and commenced practice in Morristown, N.J.; prosecutor of the
pleas for Morris County 1856-1861; elected president of the board
of education in 1870; member of the State senate 1871-1874;
delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1873; elected as
a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4,
1875-March 3, 1879); chairman, Committee on Agriculture
(Forty-fifth Congress); declined to be a candidate for renomination
in 1878; resumed the practice of law at Morristown; unsuccessful
candidate for election in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress and
again in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; died in Morristown,
N.J., January 1, 1897; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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