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John T. Cutting
Portrait byC. M. Bell,c. 1891–1893
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia's4th district
In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Preceded by	William W. Morrow
Succeeded by	James G. Maguire
Personal details
Born	John Tyler Cutting (1844-09-07)September 7, 1844 Westport, New York, U.S.
Died	November 24, 1911(1911-11-24) (aged 67) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Resting place	Hillside Cemetery

John Tyler Cutting (September 7, 1844 – November 24, 1911) was an AmericanCivil War veteran who served one term as aU.S. Representative fromCalifornia from 1891 to 1893,

Born inWestport, New York, Cutting was left an orphan at ten years of age, when he journeyed westward. He lived in Wisconsin and Illinois from 1855 to 1861. During these years he worked on a farm. During the later part of this period he was employed as a clerk in a store for a few years while he attended public schools in Illinois.

Cutting enlisted in Taylor's Chicago Battery at the outbreak of theAmerican Civil War and served until July 20, 1862. He then reenlisted on January 4, 1864, in theChicago Mercantile Battery, in which he served until the close of the war.

Cutting moved to California in 1877 and established a wholesale fruit andcommission business.He was a member of the National Guard of California, and subsequently assisted in the organization of the Coast Guard, of which he later became brigadier general in command of the Second Brigade. His staff surgeon was future governorGeorge Pardee.^[1]

Cutting was elected as aRepublican to theFifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893).He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892.

In 1894 Cutting settled in New York City, where he became connected with the automobile industry.He retired toWestport, New York, in 1907.

He died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 24, 1911.He was interred in Hillside Cemetery,Westport, New York.

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