Kurtz, William Henry

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Life span:

01/31/1804 to 06/24/1868

Dickinson Connection:

Class of 1825

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Life Summary

Full name:

William Henry Kutz

Place of Birth:

York County, PA

Burial Place:

York, PA

Birth Date Certainty:

Exact

Death Date Certainty:

Exact

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

Sectional choice:

North

Origins:

Free State

Education:

Dickinson (Carlisle College)

Occupation:

Politician

Attorney or Judge

Relation to Slavery:

White non-slaveholder

Political Parties:

Democratic

Government:

US House of Representatives

Local government

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William Henry Kurtz (Congressional Biographical Directory)

Reference

KURTZ, William Henry, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in York, Pa., January 31, 1804; attended the common schools and the York County Academy at York, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar on January 7, 1828, and commenced practice in York, Pa.; prosecuting attorney of York County; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirty-third Congress); resumed the practice of law; died in York, Pa., June 24, 1868; interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery.

"Kurtz, William Henry," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000345.

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