John G. Utterback
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John Gregg Utterback (July 12, 1872 - July 11, 1955) was a U.S. Representative from Maine, cousin of Hubert Utterback.
Born in Franklin, Indiana, Utterback attended the public schools of his native city. He was employed in a carriage factory 1889-1892. He engaged as a traveling salesman 1892-1905, during which time he resided in Jackson, Michigan, Rochester, New York, and Winchester, Massachusetts. He settled in Bangor, Maine, in 1905 and engaged in the retail sale of carriages and later in the retail sale of automobiles. He served as councilman in 1912 and 1913, as alderman in 1913 and 1914, and as mayor of Bangor in 1914 and 1915. He served as chairman of the Maine Motor Vehicle Conference Committee in 1930. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1932.
Utterback was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress. He was appointed a United States marshal for the district of Maine in 1935 and served until his resignation in 1944. He resumed the automobile business and was president of the Utterback Corp.. He died in Bangor, Maine, July 11, 1955. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.
