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William Edgar Tuttle Jr. (December 10, 1870 – February 11, 1923) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented
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's 5th congressional district in the
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for two terms from 1911 to 1915.


Early life

William Edgar Tuttle Jr. was born on December 10, 1870, in
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, to William E. Tuttle. He graduated from Horseheads High School and Elmira Free Academy in 1887 and attended
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for two years.


Career

Tuttle was associated with his father in business. In 1895, he moved to
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, and established the Tuttle Brothers' Lumber Company with his brother Arthur D. Tuttle. He was a delegate to the
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in
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and
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. Tuttle was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress. After leaving Congress, Tuttle resumed the lumber business. He was named by President
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as United States commissioner to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. He traveled around the world in 1919, including Egypt and
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. He served as president of the state board of conservation and development in 1919. He was appointed as state commissioner of banking and insurance by Governor Edward I. Edwards in January 1921.


Personal life

Tuttle did not marry. He died on February 11, 1923, at his Stoneleigh Park in Westfield. He was interred in Maple Grove Cemetery in Horseheads.


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