Anson A. H. Tuttle | |
Office: | Secretary of State of California |
Term Start: | 1863 |
Term End: | 1863 |
Governor: | Leland Stanford |
Predecessor: | William H. Weeks |
Successor: | Benjamin B. Redding |
Order2: | California State Assemblyman, 7th District |
Term Start2: | 1858 |
Term End2: | 1859 |
Predecessor2: | George W. Thomas |
Successor2: | Samuel M. Buck |
Birth Date: | 1820 or 1821 |
Birth Place: | Illinois |
Death Date: | 7 September 1866 |
Death Place: | Donner Lake Village, California |
Party: | Republican |
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. 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]