John G. Utterback

John Gregg Utterback (July 12, 1872 - July 11, 1955) was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and cousin of Hubert Utterback.

Born in Franklin, Indiana, Utterback attended the public schools of his native city.He was employed in a carriage factory 1889-1892.He engaged as a traveling salesman 1892-1905, during which time he resided in Jackson, Michigan, Rochester, New York, and Winchester, Massachusetts.He finally settled in Bangor, Maine, in 1905, where he engaged in the retail sale of carriages, and later automobiles.

Utterback served as a Bangor city councilman in 1912-1913, alderman in 1913-1914, and as Mayor of Bangor in 1914-1915. He was Chairman of the Maine Motor Vehicle Conference Committee in 1930, and served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1932.

Utterback was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third United States Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress, but was appointed a United States Marshal for the district of Maine in 1935 and served until his resignation in 1944. He then resumed the automobile business as president of the Utterback Corp.. He died in Bangor, Maine, July 11, 1955, and is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.

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