George H. Utter

George Herbert Utter was a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. representative] from Rhode Island and the 49th governor of Rhode Island.

Biography

Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Utter moved with his parents to Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1861. He attended the public schools of Westerly and Alfred Academy. He graduated from Amherst College, Massachusetts, 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 1883–1885.
He served as member of the Rhode [Island House of Representatives] 1885–1889, serving as speaker the last year. Utter served as Secretary of State of Rhode Island, and as Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Rhode Island. In 1907 he was elected as an honorary member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati.
Utter was elected as a Republican to the 62nd [United States Congress|Sixty-second Congress] and served from March 4, 1911, until his death from liver cancer in Westerly, Rhode Island, November 3, 1912. At the time of his death, Utter was running for re-election to Congress.
He died on November 3, 1912, in Westerly, Rhode Island. He was interred in Riverbend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island.