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George Herbert Utter (July 24, 1854 – November 3, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island and the 49th Governor of Rhode Island.

Biography

Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Utter moved with his parents to Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1861. He attended the public schools of Westerly and Alfred (New York) Academy. He graduated from Amherst College, Massachusetts, in 1877. He was engaged as a printer and publisher of the Westerly Sun before serving as a personal aide on the staff of Governor Augustus O. Bourn 1883–1885. He served as member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives 1885–1889, serving as speaker the last year.

Utter served in the Rhode Island Senate (1889–1891), as Secretary of State of Rhode Island (1891–1894), and as Lieutenant Governor (1904) and Governor (1905–06) of Rhode Island.

Utter was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1911, until his death from liver cancer in Westerly, Rhode Island, November 3, 1912. At the time of his death, Utter was running for re-election to Congress.[1]

He died on November 3, 1912, in Westerly, Rhode Island. He was interred in Riverbend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Congressman Utter Dead" (PDF). New York Times. November 4, 1912. Retrieved May 2, 2009.

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Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Governor of Rhode Island
1904, 1905, 1906
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of State of Rhode Island
1891–1894
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Adelard Archambault
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
1904–1905
Succeeded by
Frederick Jackson
Preceded by Governor of Rhode Island
1905–1906
Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district

1911–1912
Succeeded by