Oral P. Tuttle

Oral P. Tuttle (January 13, 1889–March 9, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician.

Biography

Tuttle was born on a farm near Harrisburg, Illinois. He went to the Harrisburg public schools and received his law degree from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1911 and practiced law in Harrisburg. He served as an Illinois Assistant Attorney General and as deputy circuit court clerk. Tuttle also served as the recorder for Saline County, Illinois. Tuttle served in the United States Navy during World War I. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1915 to 1919 and in the Illinois Senate from 1935 to 1939. Tuttle was involved with the Republican Party. He served an arbitrator for the Illinois Industrial Commission. Tuttle died in Harrisburg, Illinois after suffering from a long illness.'Illinois Blue Book 1937-1938,' Biographical Sketch of Oral P. Tuttle pg. 23-23'Lawyer Dies,' Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, Illinois), March 9, 1957, p. 1'Death Takes Mrs. Oral P. Tuttle, Club Woman, Active in Church,' The Harrisburg Daily Register Illinois, February 26, 1956, p. !

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Category:1889 births

Category:1957 deaths

Category:People from Harrisburg, Illinois

Category:Military personnel from Illinois

Category:Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law alumni

Category:Illinois lawyers

Category:Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives

Category:Republican Party Illinois state senators

Category:20th-century American lawyers

Category:20th-century members of the Illinois General Assembly