Career
Born November 4, 1847 in the town of Rutland, Jefferson County, New New York He was the son of Jeremiah J. Tuttle and Renew Pierce Tuttle. His early life was spent on the farm.
Tuttle was a candidate for North Dakota"s second congressional district for the United States Congress in 1914, but was defeated by George M. Young.
He was a principal in the Dakota Land and Townsite Company. He died in 1924 on either October 5 or October 12, the exact date being reported differently, after a year of illness.
At the time of his death Colonel Tuttle reportedly owned about 11,000 acres (45 km2) of land in Billings County, North Dakota and a large farm near Ellendale, North Dakota.
