Editing John Leighton Tuttle (section)

==Public Service and Professional Career==  
Tuttle was active in civic affairs, serving as a member of the Massachusetts State Senate from 1808 to 1813. He succeeded Deacon William Parkman as Postmaster of Concord, a role he held from January 1, 1811, to February 14, 1814. Tuttle also served as the County Treasurer from 1810 to 1813 but resigned both posts upon being commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of the 9th Regiment of Continental Infantry. Additionally, he was one of the first Trustees of the Congregational Ministerial Fund, incorporated on February 27, 1813.