Newton Littlejohn
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Newton Littlejohn

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23 July 1823
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27 February 1916
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Newton Moore Littlejohn (July 23, 1823 – February 27, 1916) was an American politician and member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1864 to 1870.A Republican, he represented Walworth County.

Biography

Littlejohn was born on July 23, 1823 in Litchfield, New York. On September 8, 1848, he married Jane Sophia Newton. They would have two children. Littlejohn died on February 27, 1916 and was buried in Whitewater, Wisconsin.

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Littlejohn represented the 12th District in the Senate from 1864 to 1870. He was elected in 1863 on the National Union Party ticket, created in the midst of the American Civil War. He continued as a Republican after the war.Previously, he had been elected Chairman of Whitewater (town), Wisconsin in 1861.