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Jefferson P. Kidder | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromDakota Territory'sat-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 (Delegate) | |
| Preceded by | Moses K. Armstrong |
| Succeeded by | Granville G. Bennett |
| 19th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont | |
| In office October 1853 – October 13, 1854 | |
| Governor | John S. Robinson |
| Preceded by | William C. Kittredge |
| Succeeded by | Ryland Fletcher |
| Member of theMinnesota House of Representatives | |
| In office January 6, 1861 – January 2, 1865 | |
| Member of theVermont Senate | |
| In office 1847–1849 | |
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| Born | (1815-06-04)June 4, 1815 Braintree, Vermont, U.S. |
| Died | October 2, 1883(1883-10-02) (aged 68) St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic (before 1857) Republican (from 1857) |
Jefferson Parish Kidder (June 4, 1815 – October 2, 1883) was an American lawyer and jurist. He served as the non-voting delegate from theDakota Territory to theUnited States House of Representatives. Kidder was the only Democraticlieutenant governor of Vermont untilJohn J. Daley in 1965.
Kidder was born inBraintree, Vermont on June 4, 1815. He attended the Orange County Grammar School inRandolph, and graduated fromAlden Partridge'sAmerican Literary, Scientific and Military Academy (Norwich University) in 1834.[1] He studied law inMontpelier, was admitted to the bar in 1839 and practiced in Braintree andWest Randolph. Among the prospective attorneys who studied law under Kidder's supervision wereJohn W. Rowell, who went on to serve as chief justice of theVermont Supreme Court[2] andCarl C. Pope, a legislator and judge inWisconsin.[3]
He was a member of the Vermont Constitutional Convention in 1843. He served asState's Attorney forOrange County (1842-1847), a member of theVermont State Senate (1847-1849), theLieutenant Governor of Vermont (1852-1853), and a delegate to the1856 Democratic National Convention.
In 1848 he received thehonorary degree ofMaster of Arts from theUniversity of Vermont.
In 1857 Kidder moved toSt. Paul, Minnesota, where he joined theRepublican Party.
In 1859, Kidder moved toDakota Territory and became a delegate to Congress from the provisional government at Sioux Falls.[4]
In 1862 and 1863, he was elected to theMinnesota House of Representatives. In 1865 he moved toVermillion,Dakota Territory, whenAbraham Lincoln appointed him an associate justice of theterritorial Supreme Court.[4]
In 1874, he was elected as the territory's delegate to Congress. He served from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1879 and was an unsuccessful candidate forrenomination in 1878.
1879, Kidder was reappointed to the Supreme Court of Dakota Territory. He served until his death in 1883.[4]
Kidder died in St. Paul on October 2, 1883.[5] He was buried in St. Paul's Oakland Cemetery.
His sonLyman S. Kidder was aU.S. Cavalry2nd lieutenant serving in the2nd Cavalry underGeorge Armstrong Custer, and waskilled in action in what would be dubbed theKidder massacre.
Jefferson Kidder was also the grandfather of notedlawman andArizona RangerJeff Kidder.
Kidder County, North Dakota is named for him.[6]
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| Preceded by Giles Harrington | Democratic nominee forLieutenant Governor of Vermont 1852, 1853 | Succeeded by William Mattocks |
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| Preceded by | Lieutenant Governor of Vermont 1853–1854 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Justice of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court 1861–1864 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives fromDakota Territory's at-large congressional district March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | Succeeded by |
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