district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start image article_title state name
2nd frank plumley 7 august 1916 brattleboro , vermont dover , vermont republican march 3 , 1909 william w. grout 8 april 1836 march 4 , 1901 kittredge haskins.jpg kittredge haskins
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kittredge haskins

kittredge haskins -lrb- april 8 , 1836 -- august 7 , 1916 -rrb- was a vermont lawyer and politician who served in the u.s. house of representatives .
born in dover , vermont , haskins attended the public schools and received instruction from a private tutor .
he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1858 .
commencing private practice in wilmington , vermont , he moved to williamsville in 1861 and continued the practice of law .
during the american civil war , haskins enlisted as a private in company i , 16th vermont infantry on august 23 , 1862 .
he was commissioned first lieutenant on september 20 of that year and served until march 19 , 1863 , when he resigned on account of disabilities .
haskins returned to vermont and settled in brattleboro .
he entered the government service as a civil employee in the office of the assistant quartermaster of volunteers and served in that capacity until the close of the war .
after the end of the war haskins resumed the practice of law .
he was appointed a colonel and chief of staff to governor peter t. washburn in 1869 and served as a member of the republican state committee from 1869 to 1872 .
haskins served as a state 's attorney from 1870 to 1872 and as a member of the vermont house of representatives from 1872 to 1874 .
haskins served as u.s. attorney for the district of vermont from october 1880 to july 1887 and was a member of the vermont senate from 1892 to 1894 .
haskins served as chairman of the vermont board of commissioners to establish the boundary line between vermont and massachusetts from 1892 to 1900 .
haskins returned to the state house from 1896 to 1900 , serving as speaker from 1898 to 1900 .
haskins was elected as a republican to the 57th and to the three succeeding congresses , serving from march 4 , 1901 to march 3 , 1909 .
he served as chairman of the committee on war claims during the 60th congress .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1908 .
haskins served as judge of the municipal court in brattleboro in 1910 and as postmaster of brattleboro from 1912 to 1915 .
he died in brattleboro on august 7 , 1916 and is interred in prospect hill cemetery .
