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Claude Kitchin (March 24, 1869 – May 31, 1923) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina from 1901 until his death in 1923.
Claude Kitchin represented North Carolina in the U.S. House during the early 20th century and served as Speaker of the House during the First World War. Though he was a Democrat, he is remembered for risking his political career to oppose President Woodrow Wilson on questions of U.S. foreign policy: Kitchin consistently opposed Wilson’s ...
This dissertation investigates the state of North Carolina in the years before American intervention in the Great War by focusing on the actions, speeches, and writings of House Majority Leader Claude Kitchin.
Claude Kitchin, attorney and congressman, was born in Halifax County near Scotland Neck, the third of eleven children of William Hodge and Maria Arrington Kitchin. His father, a Civil War veteran, practiced law in Scotland Neck while maintaining the family tradition as a cotton planter.
Congressman Claude Kitchin, born on March 24, 1869, was the third child of United States Representative William H. Kitchin and his wife Maria. Claude followed his brother, William W. Kitchin in attending Wake Forest College and practiced law in Halifax County after his graduation in 1888.
Claude Kitchin, second district congressman from North Carolina 1901-1923 : a study of the forces that shaped his attitudes and led to his opposition to World War I
Claude Kitchin's father, William Hodge Kitchin (1837-1901), served as an officer in the Twelfth Regiment, North Carolina Troops, during the Civil War and was captured during the Wilderness campaign.
