Francis Brockholst Cutting (August 6, 1804 – June 26, 1870) was a U.S. Representative

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 from New York

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Born in New York City, Cutting attended Bensel School and was also tutored privately.
He studied law in the Litchfield (Connecticut) Law School.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1827 and commenced practice in New York City.
He served as member of the State assembly in 1836 and 1837.
He was not a candidate for reelection.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth

25th United States Congress

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 Congress.
He served as member of the board of aldermen in 1843.
City recorder.

Cutting was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Thirty-third

33rd United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1854.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in New York City June 26, 1870.
He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.