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John Christian Bullitt (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney)

b. 1824-02-10 d. 1902-08-25

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, attorney. Jefferson County, Kentucky, native. Son of William C. Bullitt and Mildred Bullitt. Married to Theresa Langhorne Bullitt. Father of Theresa S. Bullitt, Pauline H. Bullitt, William C. Bullitt, John C. Bullitt, Morris L. Bullitt, Susan Bullitt, and James Fry Bullitt. Graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Admitted to the bar in Louisville. Relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1849. Member of the Whig Party. Admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1849. Partner at Bullitt & Fairthorne, with Frederick Fairthorne. Attorney in Philadelphia from 1849 to 1902. Member of the Democratic Party.

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Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Part of the 22nd Ward of Philadelphia City, p. 48.

"Authority: On Commercial Law was John C. Bullitt," Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), August 26, 1902, p. 1

"John Christian Bullitt (1824-1902)," Find A Grave, Memorial #14588289, accessed June 26, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14588289.

"John C. Bullitt," in The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1874), 112-13.

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Bullitt, John Christian. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207302 (November 12, 2026).

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