Background
Tuthill, Selah was born on October 26, 1771 in Blooming Grove, Orange County, New York, United States.
United States representative politician
Tuthill, Selah was born on October 26, 1771 in Blooming Grove, Orange County, New York, United States.
Tuthill attended public and private schools.
In April 1821, Tuthill was elected to the 17th United States Congress Congress but died before he could take his seat. The congressional elections were held this time after the congressional term had already begun on March 4, and it is uncertain if Tuthill ever received his credentials. Congress met on December 3, 1821, and Charles Borland, Junior., who had been elected in the meanwhile in a special election, took this seat.
He was a Freemason.
Tuthill was interred in Riverside Cemetery in Marlboro, New New York
He was a member of the New York State Assembly from Ulster County in 1804-1805, and from Orange County in 1820. He was a founding member of Columbia Lodge Number 207 in New Paltz, New New York