Kidder family

The Kidder family is a family of politicians from the United States.

• Isaiah Kidder 1770-1811, New Hampshire State Representative 1810-1811.
• Luther Kidder 1808-1854, Pennsylvania State Senator. First cousin of Isaiah Kidder.
• Ezra Kidder 1781-1841, New Hampshire State Representative. Second cousin of Isaiah Kidder.
• Lyman Kidder 1774-1841, Vermont State Representative. Third cousin of Isaiah Kidder.
• David Kidder 1787-1860, U.S. Representative from Maine 1823-1827, Maine State Representative 1829. Third cousin of Isaiah Kidder.
  • Arba Kidder 1808-1878, New Hampshire State Representative 1849-1850. Second cousin once removed of Isaiah Kidder.
  • Joseph Souther Kidder, Vermont State Representative 1870. Second cousin once removed of Isaiah Kidder.
  • Ira Kidder 1804-1858, Vermont State Representative 1849-1850. Son of Lyman Kidder.
  • Jefferson P. Kidder 1815-1883, delegate to the Vermont Constitutional Convention 1841, Vermont State Senator 1847-1848, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont 1853-1854, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1856, Minnesota State Representative 1863-1864, Justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court 1865-1875 1979-1883, Delegate to Congress from Dakota Territory 1875-1879. Son of Lyman Kidder.
  • Alvan Kidder 1801-1871, Massachusetts State Representative 1835. Nephew of Lyman Kidder.
  • Francis Kidder 1803-1879, Vermont State Representative, Vermont State Senator. First cousin once removed of Lyman Kidder.
    • Silas W. Kidder, member of the Dakota Territorial Council 1870-1871. Grandson of Lyman Kidder.
      • Harley W. Kidder, candidate for U.S. Representative from Vermont 1928, candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont 1928. First cousin thrice removed of Lyman Kidder.

NOTE: Alvan Kidder was also first cousin once removed of U.S. Senator Silas Wright, Jr..

See also

• List of United States political families