Alfred Beard Kittredge Biography


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KITTREDGE, Alfred Beard, a Senator from South Dakota; born in Nelson, 
Cheshire County, N.H., March 28, 1861; attended the public schools; 
was graduated from the academic department of Yale College in 1882 and 
from the law department of that institution in 1885; was admitted to 
the bar in 1885 and commenced practice in Sioux Falls, S. Dak.; 
chairman of the Minnehaha County Republican committee in 1887; served 
in the State senate 1889-1891; member of the Republican National 
Committee 1892-1896; appointed and subsequently elected as a Republican 
to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of 
James H. Kyle; reelected in 1903 and served from July 11, 1901, to 
March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for 
Senator in the primary election of 1908; engaged in the practice of his 
profession at Sioux Falls, S. Dak., until his death at Hot Springs, Ark., 
May 4, 1911 which resort he had gone for his health; interment in Conant 
Cemetery, East Jaifrey, Cheshire County, N. H.