Alfred Beattie Littell (July 1, 1893 – December 12, 1970) was an American Republican Party
politician
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who served as a member of both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and as President of the
New Jersey
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State Senate
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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. He attended
Lawrenceville School
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and then entered
Princeton University
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. His studies were interrupted by the entry of the United States into
World War I
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. He enlisted on December 14, 1917, in the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment. He was discharged on August 11, 1919, with the rank of battalion
sergeant major
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History
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. He completed his studies at Princeton and graduated in 1920. Littell represented Sussex County in the
New Jersey General Assembly
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Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...
in 1922 and again from 1940 to 1943. He then served in the New Jersey Senate from 1943 to 1953. In 1951 he became Senate President. After retiring from the Senate, he served as Sussex County Freeholder in 1956 and as Mayor of
Franklin, New Jersey
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On October 17, 1927, Littell married Dorothy A. Kershner, daughter of Eugene K. and Claribel (Waters) Kershner. They had five children: Nancy Ann, Richard Watson, Philip Beattie, Sally Vincent, and Robert Eugene.Robert Littell (born January 9, 1936) went on to serve in the Assembly from 1968 to 1990 and in the State Senate from 1990 to 2008. Littell's granddaughter Alison Littell McHose served in the Assembly from 2003 to 2015, representing the 24th legislative district.
The Political Graveyard
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