Bethuel Kitchen
| Bethuel Middleton Kitchen | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 |
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| Preceded by | George R. Latham |
| Succeeded by | James McGrew |
| Member of the West Virginia Senate | |
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In office 1865–1866 |
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March 21, 1812 Ganotown, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 15, 1895 (aged 83) Shanghai, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Other political affiliations |
Unionist, Greenback |
| Profession | Politician, Farmer |
Bethuel Middleton Kitchen (March 21, 1812 – December 15, 1895) was a nineteenth-century politician from Virginia and West Virginia.
Born in Ganotown, Virginia (now West Virginia), Kitchen attended common schools as a child and later engaged in agricultural pursuits and raising. He was a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1861 and 1862 under the Restored Government of Virginia. On May 28, 1863, Kitchen was elected from Virginia's 7th District to the United States House of Representatives. He presented his credentials as a member-elect to the 38th United States Congress in December 1863, but was not permitted a seat because voting had been limited in the war-torn counties of the 7th District.
On October 27, 1864, Kitchen was elected to the 3rd and 4th West Virginia State Senate, serving two sessions in 1865 and 1866. In 1866, Kitchen was elected from West Virginia's 2nd District to the United States House of Representatives, serving in the 40th United States Congress from 1867 to 1869. Afterward, he resumed engagements in agricultural pursuits and raising and became president of the Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan Counties, serving from 1869 to 1875. Kitchen was master of the West Virginia State Grange from 1873 to 1879. In October 1878, Kitchen was elected as a Greenback Party candidate to the 14th West Virginia House of Delegates, which convened from January through March 1879. Kitchen was president of the Berkeley County, West Virginia court from 1880 to 1895.
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