Alison Littell McHose

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Alison Littell McHose
Member of the
New Jersey General Assembly
from the 24th District
In office
February 4, 2003 – October 17, 2015
Preceded byScott Garrett
Succeeded byGail Phoebus
Personal details
Born
Alison Elizabeth Littell

(1965-05-24) May 24, 1965 (age 56)
Newton, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Morgan McHose (m. 1993)
Children3
Parent(s)Robert E. Littell
Virginia Littell
ResidenceFranklin, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Maryland, College Park (BS)

Alison Elizabeth Littell McHose (born May 24, 1965) is an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2003 to 2015, where she represented the 24th Legislative District.

Early life and education[]

McHose was born on May 24, 1965, in Newton to Robert Littell and Virginia Littell.[1] At the time, her father was a Franklin borough councilman and later became an Assemblyman and State Senator while her mother was a business consultant and later chair of the New Jersey Republican State Committee. Her grandfather Alfred B. Littell represented Sussex County in both houses of the Legislature and served as Senate President in 1951.[2] She graduated from Pope John XXIII Regional High School.[1]

McHose attended Simmons College in Boston and graduated with a B.S. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland, College Park.[2][3]

Career[]

Following her graduation, McHose was a legislative aide in father's district office, where she specialized in budget issues. During the George H. W. Bush administration, from 1988 until 1992, McHose worked at the National Endowment for the Humanities under Chairwoman Lynne Cheney and in the Department of the Treasury under Nicholas F. Brady.[2] At the Republican National Convention in 2008, McHose served as a national delegate from New Jersey.[3]

New Jersey Assembly[]

McHose was selected on January 25, 2003, by the Republican county committee members from Sussex, Morris and Hunterdon Counties to fill the remainder of Scott Garrett's term in the General Assembly after he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, and was sworn into office on February 4, 2003. McHose is the first woman to serve the 24th District and is the first sitting legislator to give birth while in office. She is also part of the first father-daughter team to serve simultaneously in the New Jersey Legislature, together with her father who was serving in the Senate from the 24th district at the time.[2] McHose serves in the Assembly on the Assembly Appropriations Committee, the Consumer Affairs Committee, and the Legislative Services Commission.[3] McHose has served as the Deputy Republican Whip from 2012 to 2013, Republican Deputy Conference Leader of the Assembly from 2008 to 2009, Assistant Minority Leader from 2006 to 2008, and was the Assistant Republican Whip from 2004 to 2006.[3] After accepting a position in January 2015 as Business Administrator of Franklin Borough, McHose announced that she was planning to resign from her seat in the Assembly, though no date was specified.[4] She chose not to run for re-election in 2015 and ultimately resigned on October 17.[5][6]

Later career[]

McHose gained notoriety after office when her harassment of a breastfeeding mother on a public beach resulted in a lawsuit for $1,000,000 in damages against the borough.[7] She is still currently serving as Franklin Borough, New Jersey Administrator. She again started another controversy for Franklin Borough when she posted on her personal Facebook account a picture of the volunteer Franklin Fire Department marching in the 99th Annual Sussex County Fireman's Association Inspection Day and Parade in Franklin with a "Trump 2020 Keep America Great" flag with the caption "Proud of my hometown volunteer fire department for flying a Trump 2020 flag in the 99th Sussex County (NJ!) Firemen's Inspection Parade today!!"[8] This display of political support by the Franklin Fire Department resulted in a complaint to the Internal Revenue Service for a potential violation of the department's status as a tax-exempt, section 501(c)(3) organization, under which they are not permitted to support or oppose candidates for elective public office.[9][10]

Personal life[]

McHose has been married to Morgan Arthur McHose since July 1993. They reside in Franklin Borough with their three children.[2][11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 2004 Edition, p. 277. Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC, 2004. ISBN 9781577411871. Accessed December 20, 2021. "Assemblywoman McHose was born May 24, 1965, in Newton. She is a graduate of Immaculate Conception Regional School, Franklin, and Pope John XXIII High School, Sparta."
  2. ^ a b c d e "Assemblywoman Alison Littell McHose". New Jersey Assembly Republicans. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d Assemblywoman McHose's legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed September 14, 2015.
  4. ^ via Associated Press. "N.J. assemblywoman gets new job, will leave Legislature", The Record (Bergen County), January 1, 2015. Accessed January 1, 2015. "A longtime member of the New Jersey Assembly is planning to leave the Legislature.The New Jersey Herald reports that Alison Littell McHose announced her intentions Thursday, the same day she was named the new business administrator for Franklin Borough."
  5. ^ "Official List Page 28 of 48 Candidates for General Assembly For PRIMARY ELECTION 06/02/2015 Election" (PDF). Secretary of State of New Jersey. August 10, 2015. pp. 28–29. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  6. ^ Jennings, Rob (October 16, 2015). "McHose resigns from Assembly". New Jersey Herald. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  7. ^ "Breastfeeding mom may sue town for $1M after they called the cops on her". 16 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Firefighters carried Trump 2020 flag at parade and mayor says that's OK". 9 October 2019.
  9. ^ "N.J. Fire department that marched with Trump flag hit with complaint". 11 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Trump flag draws complaint to IRS".
  11. ^ "WEDDINGS; Alison E. Littell, Morgan McHose". The New York Times. August 1, 1993. Retrieved September 14, 2015.

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New Jersey General Assembly
Preceded by Member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 24th District
February 4, 2003 – October 17, 2015
With: Guy R. Gregg, Gary R. Chiusano, Parker Space 		Succeeded by
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