Littleton Kirkpatrick was an American Whig Party politician, who represented in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1853 to 1855.
11 Facts About Littleton Kirkpatrick
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Littleton Kirkpatrick was the son of Andrew Kirkpatrick and the former Jane Bayard, and grandson of John Bubenheim Bayard.
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Littleton Kirkpatrick studied law in Washington, DC, was admitted to the bar in 1821, and returned to New Brunswick to begin his practice.
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Littleton Kirkpatrick was master in court chancery in 1824, and surrogate of Middlesex County from 1831 to 1836.
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Littleton Kirkpatrick was Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey, from 1841 to 1842.
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Littleton Kirkpatrick served as a trustee of Rutgers College from 1841 to 1859.
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Littleton Kirkpatrick was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress, serving in office one term from March 4,1843, to March 3,1845.
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Littleton Kirkpatrick was chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business.
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Littleton Kirkpatrick died in Saratoga Springs, New York, on August 15,1859.
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Littleton Kirkpatrick was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery in New Brunswick.
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Littleton Kirkpatrick was reinterred in Van Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1921.