| George H. Utter | |
| State1: | Rhode Island |
| District1: | 2nd |
| Term Start1: | March 4, 1911 |
| Term End1: | November 3, 1912 |
| Predecessor1: | Adin B. Capron |
| Successor1: | Peter G. Gerry |
| Order2: | 49th Governor of Rhode Island |
| Term Start2: | January 3, 1905 |
| Term End2: | January 1, 1907 |
| Lieutenant2: | Frederick Jackson |
| Predecessor2: | Lucius F. C. Garvin |
| Successor2: | James H. Higgins |
| Office3: | Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island |
| Term Start3: | 1904 |
| Term End3: | 1905 |
| Governor3: | Lucius F. C. Garvin |
| Predecessor3: | Adelard Archambault |
| Successor3: | Frederick Jackson |
| Office4: | Secretary of State of Rhode Island |
| Term Start4: | 1891 |
| Term End4: | 1894 |
| Governor4: | Herbert W. Ladd D. Russell Brown |
| Preceded4: | Edwin D. McGuinness |
| Succeeded4: | Charles P. Bennett |
| Office5: | Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives |
| Term5: | 1889–1891 |
| Office6: | Member of the Rhode Island Senate |
| Term6: | 1885–1889 |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 1854 |
| Birth Place: | Plainfield, New Jersey |
| Death Place: | Westerly, Rhode Island |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Lovina Brown |
| Alma Mater: | Amherst College |
| Party: | Republican |
George Herbert Utter (July 24, 1854 – November 3, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island and the 49th Governor of Rhode Island.
Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Utter moved with his parents to Westerly, Rhode Island, in 1861. He attended the public schools of Westerly and Alfred (New York) Academy. He graduated from Amherst College, Massachusetts, in 1877. He was engaged as a printer and publisher of the Westerly Sun before serving as a personal aide on the staff of Governor Augustus O. Bourn 1883–1885. He served as member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives 1885–1889, serving as speaker the last year.
Utter served in the Rhode Island Senate (1889–1891), as Secretary of State of Rhode Island (1891–1894), and as Lieutenant Governor (1904) and Governor (1905–06) of Rhode Island.
Utter was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1911, until his death from liver cancer in Westerly, Rhode Island, November 3, 1912. At the time of his death, Utter was running for re-election to Congress.[1]
He died on November 3, 1912, in Westerly, Rhode Island. He was interred in Riverbend Cemetery, Westerly, Rhode Island.