William Parker Cutler was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Ohio

Ohio

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Born in Marietta, Ohio

Marietta, Ohio

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, Cutler was the son of Ephraim Cutler

Ephraim Cutler

thumb|right|350px|alt=old dudeEphraim Cutler was an early Northwest Territory and Ohio political leader and jurist.-Early life:...

, and grandson of Manasseh Cutler

Manasseh Cutler

Manasseh Cutler was an American clergyman involved in the American Revolutionary War. Cutler was also a member of the United States House of Representatives and a founder of Ohio University....

. Cutler attended the common schools and Ohio University

Ohio University

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 at Athens.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives

Ohio House of Representatives

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 1844-1847, serving as speaker during the last term.
Trustee of Marietta College

Marietta College

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 1845-1889.
He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1850.
He served as president of the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad 1850-1860.

Cutler was elected as a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 to the Thirty-seventh

37th United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863).
He was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth

38th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:Before this Congress, the 1860 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 241 members...

 Congress.
He resumed agricultural pursuits and also engaged in railroad building.
He died in Marietta, Ohio

Marietta, Ohio

Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Ohio, United States. During 1788, pioneers to the Ohio Country established Marietta as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory. Marietta is located in southeastern Ohio at the mouth...

, April 11, 1889.
He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.

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