Politics
He was a member of the Vermont Constitutional Convention in 1843, and served as State’s attorney, as a member of the Vermont Senate, the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, and a delegate to the 1856 Democratic National Convention. Kidder moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he joined the Republican Party, and was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
In 1865 he moved to Vermillion, Dakota, when Abraham Lincoln appointed him an associate justice of the territorial Supreme Court. In 1875 he resigned, having been elected the territory's delegate to the U.S. Congress. He served from March 4, 1875 - March 4, 1879. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878, then was reappointed a justice of the territorial Supreme Court, where he served until his death in St. Paul.
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