John K. Luttrell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American politician
Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1831
Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: 04-Oct-1893
Profession: lawyer, politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About John K. Luttrell
- John King Luttrell (June 27, 1831 – October 4, 1893) was a U.S.
- Representative from California. Born near Knoxville, Tennessee, Luttrell attended the common schools.
- He moved with his parents to a farm in Alabama in 1844.
- He moved to Missouri in 1845 with his parents, who settled on a farm near St.
- Joseph.
- He moved to California in 1852 and engaged in mining.
- He settled in Yolo County and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
- He moved to Prairie City (later Folsom) in 1853, to El Dorado County in 1854 and thence to Watsonville in Santa Cruz County, and to Alameda County.
- He studied law.
- He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Oakland in 1856.
- He was a Justice of the Peace in Brooklyn (now a part of Oakland) in 1856 and 1857.
- He moved to Siskiyou County in 1858 and purchased a ranch near Fort Jones.
- He engaged in agricultural pursuits, mining, and the practice of law.
- He was sergeant at arms of the California State Assembly in 1865 and 1866. He again served as a member of the Assembly in 1871 and 1872. Luttrell was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879).
- He declined to be a candidate for reelection.
- He resumed the practice of law, farming, and mining.
- He served as member of the board of state prison directors from 1887 to 1889.
- He was appointed United States Commissioner of Fisheries and special agent of the United States Treasury for Alaska in 1893.
- He died in Sitka, Alaska at age 62, and was interred in Fort Jones Cemetery, Fort Jones, California.
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