Name Charles Cutts | ||
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Died January 25, 1846(1846-01-25) (aged 76)Lewinsville, Virginia | ||
Charles Cutts (January 31, 1769 – January 25, 1846) was a United States Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Portsmouth, he graduated from Harvard University in 1789, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1795, and practiced law.
He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1803 to 1810, serving as Speaker in 1807, 1808, and 1810.
Cutts was elected as a Federalist to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Nahum Parker and served from June 21, 1810 to March 3, 1813 and again from April 2, 1813 to June 10, 1813, when a successor was elected. He was elected Secretary of the United States Senate and served from October 12, 1814 to December 12, 1825.
Cutts moved to Fairfax County, Virginia and settled near Lewinsville, where he died in 1846; interment was in a nearby private cemetery.
Family
Charles Cutts was the son of Samuel Cutts and Anna Holyoke. His mother was the daughter of Edward Holyoke and the sister of Edward Augustus Holyoke.
The wife of Charles Cutts was Lucy Henry Southall, a descendant of Patrick Henry and the niece of James Madison.
Charles Cutts was the cousin of Richard Cutts, who served in Congress from the portion of Massachusetts that later became the state of Maine. Richard Cutts was the husband of Dolley Madison's sister Anna.