Anson Akenside Hull Tuttle (1820/1821 – 7 September 1866)[1] was an American tavern keeper, judge and Republican politician. Tuttletown, California, was named for him.

Anson A. H. Tuttle
Secretary of State of California
In office
1863–1863
GovernorLeland Stanford
Preceded byWilliam H. Weeks
Succeeded byBenjamin B. Redding
California State Assemblyman, 7th District
In office
1858–1859
Preceded byGeorge W. Thomas
Succeeded bySamuel M. Buck
Personal details
Born1820 or 1821
Illinois
Died7 September 1866
Donner Lake Village, California
Political partyRepublican

Born in New York (?) or Illinois,[1] he removed to California, where he built a log cabin in 1848 in what would become Tuolumne County. He was a member of the California State Assembly, 1858–59. He was Secretary of State of California in 1863. In 1866 he was California State Treasurer.[1]

Tuttle died of lung hemorrhage at the age of 45, while he was visiting Donner Lake to improve his health.[1] He is interred in the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery in Sacramento, California.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Judge Anson Akenside Hull Tuttle at findagrave.com
  2. ^ "Sacramento Historic City Cemetery Burial Index" (PDF). Old City Cemetery Committee. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-26. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  • 1850 Tuolumne Co., CA, U.S. Federal Census, Sht. 306, p. 153 B, line 11.
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Preceded by California State Assemblyman, 7th District
1858–1859
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary of State of California
1863
Succeeded by