Robert Littell (politician)
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Robert E. Littell (born January 9, 1936) is an American Republican Party politician, who served as a member of the New Jersey State Senate from 1990-2008, where he represented the 24th Legislative District. Before entering the Senate he served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1990 and the Franklin Borough Council from 1963 to 1965. He was a Delegate to the 1976 Republican National Convention.[1]
After nearly 40 years in the New Jersey Legislature — making him the longest-serving legislator in state history — Littell announced on March 6, 2007, that he would not seek reelection as senator and would retire from office at the end of 2007. Freeholder Steve Oroho and Assemblyman Guy R. Gregg both announced that they would pursue the Republican nomination for Littell's Senate seat in the June 2007 primary.[2] Oroho defeated Gregg in the primary and went on to win the seat in the general election.[3]
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[edit] Biography
Senator Littell is part of the first father-daughter team to serve simultaneously in the New Jersey Legislature, together with his daughter, Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose. His wife, Virginia Littell, has served as chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee.[4]
From 1992 to 2003, Senator Littell served as the Senate Budget and Appropriations Chair, and since 2004 he has served as the Senate Budget Officer. The Senator is a member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, the Labor Committee, the Legislative Services Commission, and the Intergovernmental Relations Commission.[1]
In 1996, the Senator was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by Centenary College of New Jersey and in September of the same year, he was appointed to Centenary’s Board of Trustees. In 2001, Littell was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
[edit] District 24
Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 24th Legislative District for the 2006-2008 legislative session were:
- Assemblyman Guy R. Gregg, and
- Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose
[edit] References
- ^ a b Senator Littell's Senate Website, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed July 6, 2007.
- ^ Longest serving state legislator, Littell, to retire, New Jersey Herald by Bill Wichert, March 7, 2007
- ^ Howell Jr., Tom; and Wichert, Bill. "Oroho Wins", New Jersey Herald, June 6, 2007. Accessed January 13, 2008.
- ^ Jackson, Herb. "Politics, a family business", The Record (Bergen County), February 3, 2003. Accessed July 6, 2007. "McHose should fit right in, having spent the past seven years working as an aide to the senator from the 24th District, Robert E. Littell, who is her father. Her mother, Virginia Newman Littell, is a former state Republican chairwoman, and her grandfather, Alfred B. Littell, was a senator in the Forties and Fifties. As far as anyone can tell, it's the first simultaneous father-daughter combination in the State House, but having relatives in the Legislature is not as unusual as you might expect."
