Alonzo Nute Explained

Alonzo Nute
State1:New Hampshire
District1:1st
Term Start1:March 4, 1889
Term End1:March 3, 1891
Office2:Member of the New Hampshire Senate
Term2:1867-1868
Office3:Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Term3:1866
Birth Date:February 12, 1826
Death Date:December 24, 1892 (aged 66)
Party:Republican
Commands:6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment
Battles:Civil War

Alonzo Nute (February 12, 1826 – December 24, 1892) was a United States representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Milton, New Hampshire where he attended the common schools. He moved to Natick, Massachusetts in 1842 but returned to New Hampshire in 1848 and engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes in Farmington. In the spring of 1861, he entered the Union Army in the 6th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment during the Civil War.

Nute served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1866 after the war. He also served in the New Hampshire Senate in 1867 and 1868. In addition, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876. He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1890. He died in Farmington in 1892 and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery.