Background
Littlefield, Nathan Whitman was born on May 21, 1846 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Rufus Ames and Abigail Russel (Whitman) Littlefield.
Littlefield, Nathan Whitman was born on May 21, 1846 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Rufus Ames and Abigail Russel (Whitman) Littlefield.
Bachelor of Arts (valedictorian), Dartmouth, 1869, honorary Master of Arts, 1909. Bachelor of Laws, Boston University, 1876.
Principal Newport (Rhode Island) High School, 1871-1873. Principal high school and superintendent schools, Westerly, Rhode Island, 1873-1874. Admitted to Boston bar, 1876, Rhode Island bar, 1877, and since in practice at Providence.
Leading counsel for depositors in reorganization of Union Trust Company of Providence.
Member Rhode Island Senate, 1897-1898. Member of commission for revising judicial system of the state, 1904-1905. Member of commission for dividing State of Rhode Island into representative districts, and of committee for drafting laws to carry amendment of state constitution into effect, 1910.
Married Arletta V. Redman, August 13, 1873. Married second, Mary Wheaton Ellis, December, 1886. Children: Nathan Whitman, Alden.