1. Nathaniel Littlefield was a United States representative from Maine.
10 Facts About Nathaniel Littlefield
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Nathaniel Swett Littlefield was born in Wells, Massachusetts on September 20,1804.
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Nathaniel Littlefield attended the common schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1827 and commenced practice in Bridgton.
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Nathaniel Littlefield served as postmaster from 1827 to 1841, and held local office, including selectman.
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Nathaniel Littlefield was appointed secretary of the Maine State Senate.
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Nathaniel Littlefield was elected to the Maine Senate, and served 1837 to 1839.
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Nathaniel Littlefield was elected to the Thirty-first Congress, March 4,1849 to March 3,1851, from Maine's 2nd district and served as chairman of the Agriculture Committee.
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Nathaniel Littlefield was not a candidate for renomination to the Thirty-second Congress.
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Nathaniel Littlefield was elected a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1854, and was a delegate to the 1866 National Union Convention in Philadelphia.
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Nathaniel Littlefield's efforts culminated in an 1835 attack on a meeting held in the old town hall, for which he was fined $25 by the court of Common Pleas.