Robert E. Littell

Robert Eugene Littell (January 9, 1936 – November 14, 2014) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as a member of the New Jersey State Senate from 1992 to 2008. He represented the 15th Legislative District until 1982 and the 24th Legislative District thereafter. Before entering the Senate he served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1992 and the Franklin Borough Council from 1963 to 1965. He was a Delegate to the 1976 Republican National Convention.

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. Oroho defeated Gregg in the primary and went on to win the seat in the general election.

Littell was born in 1936 in Orange, New Jersey, the son of State Senator Alfred B. Littell and his wife, the former Dorothy A. Kershner. He attended Franklin High School and the Hun School of Princeton. During the Korean War he served three years with the United States Marine Corps and received an honorable discharge in 1956.

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