Thomas Kittera

Thomas Kittera
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd district
In office October 10, 1826 – March 3, 1827
Preceded by	Joseph Hemphill
Succeeded by	John Sergeant
Personal details
Born	(1789-03-21)March 21, 1789 Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Died	June 16, 1839(1839-06-16) (aged 50) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party	Adams
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania

Thomas Kittera (March 21, 1789 – June 16, 1839) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Thomas Kittera grave at Mount Moriah Cemetery

Thomas Kittera was the son of John Wilkes Kittera. He was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808 and commenced practice in Philadelphia. He served as deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania in 1817 and 1818 and deputy attorney general of Philadelphia from 1824 to 1826. He was a member of the select council and its president from 1824 to 1825.

Kittera was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph Hemphill. At the same election he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twentieth Congress. He died in Philadelphia in 1839. He was interred in St. Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Church Cemetery and reinterred to Mount Moriah Cemetery in 1870.

He is the father-in-law of Philadelphia mayor, Robert Taylor Conrad.

External links

• United States Congress. "Thomas Kittera (id: K000254)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard