Martin W. Littleton

Martin Wiley Littleton was an American attorney known for his involvement in a number of highprofile trials during the early 1900s, including serving as chief defense counsel for Harry Kendall Thaw at his second trial in 1908 for the murder of renowned architect Stanford White, and defending Harry Ford Sinclair, the head of Sinclair Oil, from criminal charges resulting from the Teapot Dome scandal. Littleton also served one term as United States Representative from New York from 1911 to 1913, and was borough president of Brooklyn.

Martin Littleton was one of nineteen children and was born in a oneroom log cabin. As a child, he did not attend school but instead worked on the family farm. His father and older sister taught him to read using the Bible and a few other books they owned. On trips to nearby Kingston with his father, he visited the local courthouse and watched cases being argued, sparking his interest in the practice of law.

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