McKim Mitchell

McKim William Mitchell (born March 31, 1954) is a former American politician, who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1998 to 2004. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Cheshire County, and served on the House Judiciary and Finance committees.

McKim Mitchell
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
from the Cheshire 26th district
In office
1998–2004
Personal details
Born
McKim William Mitchell

March 31, 1954
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Jon Glende[1]

Openly gay, he served as a cochair of the New Hampshire chapter of the Stonewall Democrats.[2] When the General Court debated legislation in 2004 to ban same-sex marriage in New Hampshire, Mitchell spoke against the legislation by telling about his rejection by his parents and brother, who had not invited him to spend a family holiday with them in over 25 years despite living on the same road.[3]

In the 2004 election, Mitchell ran for a seat in the New Hampshire State Senate, against incumbent Thomas R. Eaton in Senate District 10.[4] He narrowly lost that election, and subsequently opened a sawmill business in Chesterfield.[5]

References
  1. "Fellow Friends of Pisgah remember founding member ‘Bill’ Mitchell". Brattleboro Reformer, June 7, 2012.
  2. "Dean will reverse Bush failures in fight against HIV/AIDS". Portsmouth Herald, January 10, 2004.
  3. "House OKs bill on gay marriage". Nashua Telegraph, April 30, 2004.
  4. "French, Fernald and Mitchell for N.H. Senate". Keene Sentinel, October 27, 2004.
  5. "New Hampshire Man Starts Fast with Sawmill". TimberLine Magazine, June 1, 2006.
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