Background
Hutchins, John was born on July 25, 1812 in Vienna, Ohio, United States.
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Hutchins, John was born on July 25, 1812 in Vienna, Ohio, United States.
He attended the district schools and Western Reserve College in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied law with David Tod, later Ohio Governor.
He was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice in Warren, Ohio. Hutchins was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1859–March 3, 1863). He served as chairman of the Committee on Manufacturers (Thirty-seventh Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1862, and subsequently resumed the practice of law in Warren.
He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1868 and continued the practice of law. He died there on November 20, 1891, and was interred in Lake View Cemetery.
He served as clerk of the common pleas court for Trumbull County from 1838-1843, and was a member of the State house of representatives in 1849 and 1850. He served as the mayor of Warren for two years, and was member of the Warren Board of Education for six years.