John Wilkes Kittera (November 1752 – June 6, 1801) was an American lawyer and politician from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Kittera was born near Blue Ball, Pennsylvania. He was appointed by President John Adams as United States attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives from 1791 until 1801.
He is the father of Thomas Kittera.
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Preceded by At large on a General ticket: Muhlenberg, Clymer, Fitzsimons, Hartley, Scott, Wynkoop, Hiester & Muhlenberg |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district 1791–1795
1791–1793 alongside: Fitzsimons, Hartley, Muhlenberg, Findley, Hiester, Jacobs & Gregg
1793–1795 alongside: Fitzsimons, Muhlenberg, Findley, Hartley, Scott, Armstrong, Muhlenberg, Gregg, Hiester, Irvine, Smilie & Montgomery |
Succeeded by
1st: John Swanwick
2nd: Frederick Muhlenberg
3rd: Richard Thomas
4th: Samuel Sitgreaves and John Richards
5th: Daniel Hiester
6th: John Andre Hanna
7th: John W. Kittera
8th: Thomas Hartley
9th: Andrew Gregg
10th: David Bard and Samuel Maclay
11th: William Findley
12th: Albert Gallatin |
Preceded by At large on a General ticket: Fitzsimons, Muhlenberg, Kittera, Hartley, Scott, Armstrong, Muhlenberg, Gregg, Hiester, Irvine, Smilie, Findley & Montgomery |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district 1795–1801 |
Succeeded by Thomas Boude |
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Kittera, John Wilkes |
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American politician |
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1752 |
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June 6, 1801 |
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