David Kidder (December 8, 1787 – November 1, 1860) was an American politician and a member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromMaine.

Kidder was born on December 8, 1787, inPownalborough, Massachusetts (now known asDresden, Maine). He pursued classical studies with private tutors, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Bloomfield. He moved toSkowhegan in 1817, and then to Norridgewock in 1821. He was a prosecuting attorney ofSomerset County from 1811 to 1823.

Kidder was elected as anAdams-Clay Democratic-Republican to theEighteenth Congress and re-elected as anAdams candidate to theNineteenth Congress. He served from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1827. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1826. He returned to Skowhegan in 1827 and returned to the practice of law. He was a member of theMaine House of Representatives in 1829. He died inSkowhegan, Maine, on November 1, 1860. He was interred in Bloomfield Cemetery.

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