George Herbert Utter was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Rhode Island

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 and the 49th Governor of Rhode Island.

Born in Plainfield, New Jersey

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, Utter moved with his parents to Westerly, Rhode Island in 1861. He attended the public schools of Westerly and Alfred (New York) Academy. He graduated from Amherst College

Amherst College

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, Massachusetts

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 in 1877. He was engaged as a printer and publisher of the Westerly Sun before serving as a personal aide on the staff of Governor Augustus O. Bourn

Augustus O. Bourn

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 1883–1885. He served as member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives

Rhode Island House of Representatives

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 1885–1889, serving as speaker the last year.

Utter served in the Rhode Island Senate

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 (1889–1891), as Secretary of State of Rhode Island

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 (1891–1894), and as Lieutenant Governor (1904) and Governor (1905–06) of Rhode Island.

Utter was elected as a Republican

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 to the Sixty-second Congress

62nd United States Congress

- House of Representatives :* Democratic : 230 * Republican : 162* Socialist : 1* Independent : 1TOTAL members: 394-Senate:* President: James S...

 and served from March 4, 1911, until his death from liver cancer

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 in Westerly, Rhode Island, November 3, 1912. At the time of his death, Utter was running for re-election to Congress.

He was interred in Riverbend Cemetery.