William H. Kitchin
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William Hodges Kitchin (1837-1901) was a one-term U.S. Congressional representative from North Carolina.
Kitchin was born in Lauderdale County, Alabama, December 22, 1837. He moved with his parents to North Carolina in 1841 and later attended Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia. He left college in April 1861 to enlist in the Confederate States Army, was promoted to the rank of captain in 1863 and served throughout the Civil War. After the war, Kitchin studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1869 and practiced in Scotland Neck, North Carolina.
In 1878, Kitchin was elected from the 2nd U.S. House district as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth United States Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 188l). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880. Kitchin died in Scotland Neck, North Carolina on February 2, 1901.
His legacy was a North Carolina political dynasty of sorts. His sons, Claude Kitchin and William Walton Kitchin, and his grandson, Alvin Paul Kitchin, were all prominent politicians.
