Charles Edgar Littlefield (June 21, 1851 – May 2, 1915) was a

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from

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Biography

Littlefield was born in

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on June 21, 1851. He attended the common schools and

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Rockland. Littlefield served as a fellow at

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from 1899 to 1915.''General Catalogue of Bates College and Cobb Divinity School, 1863-1915'' by Bates College Lewiston, Me, Me Lewiston, Cobb Divinity School Lewiston, Me, Cobb Divinity School, Bates College (Lewiston, Me.) Cobb divinity school, Me.) Bates College (Lewiston, Published by The College, 191

He was elected a member of the

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1885–1887 and served as speaker the last year. He was elected

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1889–1893. He was a delegate to the

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and

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. He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nelson Dingley, Jr. Littlefield was reelected to the four succeeding Congresses and served from June 19, 1899, until his resignation, effective September 30, 1908. He was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the

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(Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses). He moved to

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and engaged in the practice of law until his death there on May 2, 1915. His interment is in Achorn Cemetery in Rockland.

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* * 1851 births 1915 deaths People from Lebanon, Maine Politicians from Rockland, Maine Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives Maine attorneys general Foxcroft Academy alumni Politicians from York County, Maine 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Maine Legislature {{Maine-MERepresentative-stub