Nathaniel Littlefield
Nathaniel Swett Littlefield ( born September 20, 1804 in Wells, York County, Massachusetts; † August 15, 1882 in Bridgton, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1841 and 1851 he represented twice the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
Nathaniel Littlefield was born 1804 in Wells, which at that time was still part of Massachusetts, and is since 1820 part of the State of Maine was founded at that time. He attended the common schools. After a subsequent study of law and its made in 1827 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Bridgton. Between 1827 and 1841 he was also postmaster in this city. He also held several other offices in this city, where he was also the city council.
Politically Littlefield was a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1831 and 1832 he acted as secretary of the Senate of Maine, whose member he was 1837-1839. In 1838 he served as president of this chamber. In the congressional elections of 1840 Littlefield was then in the fifth electoral district of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Virgil D. Parris on March 4, 1841. After a re-election in 1842 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1843 two legislative sessions. This period was overshadowed by clashes between U.S. President John Tyler and Henry Clay and the Whig Party. It was also discussed on possible inclusion of self-employed since 1836 the Republic of Texas to the United States.
Between 1843 and 1848, Littlefield again devoted his private transactions. In the congressional elections of 1848 he was elected for the second district in Congress. There he met on 4th March, 1849 the successor of Asa Clapp. Since he resigned in 1850 to re-election, he could spend up to March 3, 1851 just another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. During this time he was chairman of the Agriculture Committee. 1854 Littlefield was a member of the House of Representatives from Maine. In 1866 he took part in Philadelphia as a delegate to the National Union Convention. After he retired from politics. Nathaniel Littlefield died on August 15, 1882 in Bridgton and was also buried there.