James A. Louttit

James Alexander Louttit was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from California from 1885 to 1887.

Biography

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1849 he moved to California with his parents, who settled in Calaveras County. He attended private and public schools and the State normal school at Sacramento. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He settled in Stockton, California, in 1871 and practiced law - he was prosecuting attorney of Stockton 1871–1879.

Congress

He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress.
Congressman Louttit helped to found a Public Library in Lodi in 1885.

Later career and death

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1886, and resumed the practice of law in Stockton. He died in Pacific Grove, California on July 26, 1906, and was interred in the Stockton Rural Cemetery.