served until 1883. He was the city attorney of Manistee, 1870–1873; prosecuting attorney of Manistee County in 1873 and 1874; and postmaster of Manistee, 1877-1883. In 1882, Cutcheon was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 9th congressional district to the 49th Congress. He was re-elected to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1891. He served as chairman, Committee on Military Affairs in the 51st Congress. In 1890, Cutcheon lost to Democrat Harrison H. Wheeler in the general election. In 1887, he was the Moderator of the Congregationalists' "General Association of Michigan" annual meeting held in Lansing He was also a companion of the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and a compatriot of the Sons of the American Revolution. Family and later life Cutcheon was married at Dexter, June 22, 1863, to Miss Marie A. Warner, of Ann Arbor. They raised five children, four sons and one daughter, named, respectively, Frank Warner, Charles Tripp, Max Hart, Frederick Richard, and Marie Louise. Cutcheon was awarded a Medal of Honor on June 29, 1891, "for distinguished gallantry at the Battle of the Wilderness", Virginia on May 7, 1864. He was appointed civilian member of the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications by U.S. President Benjamin Harrison in July 1891 and served until March 25, 1895. He was editorial writer for the Detroit Daily Tribune and the Detroit Journal, 1895-1897. He resumed the practice of law in Grand Rapids and died in Ypsilanti, where he is interred in Highland Cemetery. Works See also List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F Notes References 1836 births 1908 deaths People from Pembroke, New Hampshire Union Army generals United States Army Medal of Honor recipients Regents of the University of Michigan University of Michigan Law School alumni American male writers American lawyers American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor 1868 United States presidential electors Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan 19th-century American politicians People from Ypsilanti, Michigan People from Manistee, Michigan Sons of the American Revolution Burials at Highland Cemetery Military personnel from Michigan