Jefferson Parish Kidder Biography

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KIDDER, Jefferson Parish, a Delegate from the Territory of Dakota; born in 
Braintree, Orange County, Vt., June 4, 1815; attended the common schools and was 
graduated from the Norwich Military Academy, Northfield, Vt.; engaged in 
agricultural pursuits and teaching; studied law at Montpelier; was admitted to 
the bar in 1839 and practiced at Braintree and West Randolph; member of the 
State constitutional convention in 1843; State's attorney 1843-1847; member of 
the State senate in 1847 and 1848; Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 1853 and 
1854; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Cincinnati in 1856; 
moved to St. Paul, Minn., in 1857, affiliated with the Republican Party in 1860; 
member of the house of representatives of Minnesota in 1863 and 1864; moved to 
Vermillion, Dak., having been appointed by President Lincoln as associate 
justice of the supreme court of Dakota Territory February 23, 1865; reappointed 
by President Grant April 6, 1869; again appointed March 18, 1873, and served 
until February 24, 1875, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress; 
elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 
1875-March 3, 1879); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878; appointed 
justice of the supreme court of Dakota Territory by President Hayes on April 2, 
1879; reappointed by President Arthur on April 27, 1883, and served until his 
death; died in St. Paul, Minn., October 2, 1883; interment in Oakland Cemetery.