Biography

10/29/1809 - 07/26/1882

George H. Cutler (R30) Erie and Warren Counties 1873-1874 (R49) Erie County 1875 

Early Life:

George H. Cutler, born October 29, 1809, Guilford, Essex County, Vermont; son of Nahum and Martha Robbins Cutler; common school education, Vermont; tutored secondary education; married Louisa Stewart, 1830, children, Marcus N. Cutler, Elvira Cutler Hinds, Mary C. Cutler Hinds, Louisa Cutler Hinds, George A. Cutler; moved to Girard, Erie County Pennsylvania, 1835; teacher, Sterrettania, Erie County Pennsylvania; lawyer, practice with Honorable John Galbraith, Erie bar, 1840; firm, 1837, unsuccessful election, Democrat, United States Congress, 1852; elected Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1873 and 1875 terms; died, at the home of son, Marcus N., July 26, 1882, Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interment, Girard Cemetery, Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 30th district, Erie and Warren Counties 1873-1874; committee assignments, Constitutional Reform Sub - committee No. 1, Federal Relations, Judiciary General, Retrenchment and Reform.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 49th district, 1875; committee assignments, Congressional Reform, Federal Relations, Judiciary General; defeated, reelection. 

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Unsuccessful election, Democrat, United States Congress, 1852. 

Legacy:

Holds the distinction as being the last Speaker of the Senate and the first President Pro Tempore. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold "Senate Members "C". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1874). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 519, 521, 525-527.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1875). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 602, 606-608.

George H. Cutler (1809-1892) - Find a Grave Memorial