Background
Kittera, Thomas was born on March 21, 1789 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Wilkes Kittera.
United States representative lawyer politician
Kittera, Thomas was born on March 21, 1789 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Wilkes Kittera.
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1808 and commenced practice in Philadelphia.
He served as deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania in 1817 and 1818 and deputy attorney general of Philadelphia from 1824 to 1826. Kittera was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph Hemphill. At the same election he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twentieth Congress.
He died in Philadelphia in 1839.
Member United States House of Representatives (Federalist) from Pennsylvania, 19th Congress, October 10, 1826-1827.