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 U.S. Army and a politician. Between 1863 and 1865 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

De Witt Clinton Little John was born about three years after the end of the British - American War in Oneida County. He pursued an academic career. He also went commercial transactions and the production of flour by in Oswego. He was 1849 and 1850 Mayor of the city. Then he sat 1853-1855, 1857 and 1859-1861 in the New York State Assembly. During this time he held 1859-1861 the post of Speaker held. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. During the Civil War he served as Colonel of the 110th New York Volunteer Infantry. On February 3, 1863, he resigned from the army.

In the congressional elections of 1862 for the 38th Congress Littlejohn was in the 22nd electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William E. Lansing on March 4, 1863. Since he gave up for reelection in 1864, he retired after the March 3, 1865 out of the Congress. During his time Congress he had presided over the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

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