Hiram A. Tuttle was born in Barnstead, New Hampshire, on October 16, 1837. His was raised in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, and educated in the local schools and at Pittsfield Academy. He then began a business career, starting as a clerk in a clothing store and becoming successful in lumber, banking, mercantile enterprises, and railroads.
A Republican, he entered politics in 1860 when he won the election for town clerk, giving the local Democratic Party its first loss in over 30 years.
In 1890 he was the Republican nominee for Governor. In a three-way race that included a candidate of the Prohibition Party, Tuttle finished first. The Democratic nominee, Charles H. Amsden finished second, but Tuttle did not have a majority, which meant the election had to be decided by the New Hampshire General Court. The legislature chose Tuttle, and he served a two-year term, 1891 to 1893.[1] During his term the state library in Concord was established, he laid the cornerstone of the main building at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, and he represented the state at the dedication of the Bennington Battle Monument.
After leaving the governorship Tuttle returned to his business interests. He died in Pittsfield on February 10, 1911, and was buried at Floral Park Cemetery in Pittsfield.
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^ abcdefBrown, L.B. (1891), Biographical Sketches of the Governor, Councillors and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the N. H. Legislature, Vol. VI, Concord, New Hampshire: L.B. Brown, p. 3
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