Preceded by Adin B. Capron Political party Republican Succeeded by Peter G. Gerry Preceded by Adelard Archambault Party Republican Party | Preceded by Lucius F. C. Garvin Education Amherst College Lieutenant Frederick Jackson Name George Utter | |
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Born July 24, 1854
Plainfield, New Jersey, New Jersey ( 1854-07-24 ) Resting place Riverbend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island Role Former Governor of Rhode Island Died November 3, 1912, Westerly, Rhode Island, United States Previous office Governor of Rhode Island (1905–1907) Residence Westerly, Rhode Island, United States | ||
George Herbert Utter (July 24, 1854 – November 3, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island and the 49th Governor of Rhode Island.
Biography
Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Utter moved with his parents to Westerly, Rhode Island in 1861. He attended the public schools of Westerly and Alfred (New York) Academy. He graduated from Amherst College, Massachusetts in 1877. He was engaged as a printer and publisher of the Westerly Sun before serving as a personal aide on the staff of Governor Augustus O. Bourn 1883–1885. He served as member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives 1885–1889, serving as speaker the last year.
Utter served in the Rhode Island Senate (1889–1891), as Secretary of State of Rhode Island (1891–1894), and as Lieutenant Governor (1904) and Governor (1905–06) of Rhode Island.
Utter was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1911, until his death from liver cancer in Westerly, Rhode Island, November 3, 1912. At the time of his death, Utter was running for re-election to Congress.
He died on November 3, 1912 in Westerly, Rhode Island. He was interred in Riverbend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island.