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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyLittleton KIRKPATRICK
(1797-1859)
KIRKPATRICK, Littleton, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in New Brunswick, N.J.,
October 19, 1797; was graduated from Princeton College in 1815;
studied law in Washington, D.C.; was admitted to the bar in 1821
and commenced practice in New Brunswick, N.J.; master in court
chancery in 1824; surrogate of Middlesex County 1831-1836; mayor of
New Brunswick in 1841 and 1842; trustee of Rutgers College
1841-1859; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress
(March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); chairman, Committee on Revisal and
Unfinished Business (Twenty-eighth Congress); died in Saratoga
Springs, N.Y., August 15, 1859; interment in Presbyterian Cemetery,
New Brunswick, N.J.; reinterment in Van Liew Cemetery in 1921.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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