Jefferson Kidder
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Dakota Territory's at-large district |
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In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 Delegate |
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| Preceded by | Moses K. Armstrong |
| Succeeded by | Granville G. Bennett |
| 18th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont | |
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In office October 1853 – October 13, 1854 |
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| Governor | John S. Robinson |
| Preceded by | William C. Kittredge |
| Succeeded by | Ryland Fletcher |
| Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives | |
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In office 1859 1863 |
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| Member of the Vermont Senate | |
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In office 1847–1849 |
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June 4, 1815 Braintree, Vermont |
| Died | October 2, 1883 (aged 68) St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Political party | Republican |
Jefferson Parish Kidder (June 4, 1815 – October 2, 1883) was an American lawyer and jurist. He served as the non-voting delegate from the Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives.
Kidder was born in Braintree, Vermont on June 4, 1815. He attended the Orange County Grammar School in Randolph, and graduated from Alden Partridge's American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy (Norwich University) in 1834. He studied law in Montpelier, was admitted to the bar in 1839 and practiced in Braintree and West Randolph.
He was a member of the Vermont Constitutional Convention in 1843. He served as State's Attorney for Orange County (1842-1847), a member of the Vermont State Senate (1847-1849), the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont (1852-1853), and a delegate to the 1856 Democratic National Convention.
In 1848 he received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from the University of Vermont.
In 1857 Kidder moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he joined the Republican Party. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1859 and 1863.
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