De Witt Clinton Littlejohn

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De Witt Clinton Littlejohn

De Witt Clinton Littlejohn (born February 7, 1818 in Bridgewater , New York , † October 27, 1892 in Oswego , New York) was an American officer in the US Army and politician . Between 1863 and 1865 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

De Witt Clinton Littlejohn was born in Oneida County about three years after the end of the British-American War . He pursued an academic career. He also went on to do business and the manufacture of flour in Oswego. He was mayor of the city in 1849 and 1850. He then sat in the New York State Assembly between 1853 and 1855, 1857, and 1859 and 1861 . During this time he held the post of speaker between 1859 and 1861 . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . During the Civil War he served as Colonel in the 110th New York Volunteer Infantry . On February 3, 1863, he resigned from the army.

In the congressional election of 1862 for the 38th Congress , Littlejohn was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 22nd constituency of New York , where he succeeded William E. Lansing on March 4, 1863 . Since he on a run again in 1864 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1865 Congress of. During his time in Congress he chaired the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions .

He was promoted on March 13, 1865. Brevet - Brigadier General of Volunteers. Littlejohn was again a member of the New York State Assembly in 1866, 1867, 1870, 1871, and 1884. During this time he always held the post of speaker until 1884. He died on October 27, 1892 in Oswego and was then buried in Riverside Cemetery .

literature

  • The New York Civil List , Franklin Benjamin Hough, Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858, pp. 245, 248f, 252f, 288, 928f.
  • Obituary , The New York Times, October 28, 1892

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personal data
SURNAME Littlejohn, De Witt Clinton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American officer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Bridgewater , New York
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1892
Place of death Oswego , New York