Edward Campbell Little (December 14, 1858 – June 27, 1924) was a

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from

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Life

Born in

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, Little moved to Kansas in 1866 with his parents, who settled in Olathe. He attended the public schools of Abilene, Kansas and graduated from the

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in Lawrence in 1883. For several years, he was connected with the

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. After studying law, he was

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in 1886 and commenced practice in Lawrence. Little served as chairman of the

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State convention in 1888. In 1889, he was the city attorney of Ness City, and from 1890 to 1892, he was prosecuting attorney of

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. He served as delegate at large to the

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in 1892. In 1892 and 1893, Little was

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. In 1896 and 1897, he was the private secretary of Governor

John W. Leedy John Whitnah Leedy (March 8, 1849 – March 24, 1935) was the 14th Governor of Kansas, serving 1896 to 1898. He later was active in politics in Alaska and Alberta, Canada. Personal life and family Leedy was born near Bellville, Ohio, in Rich ...

. He unsuccessfully ran for

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in 1897. During the

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, from 1898 to 1899, he was lieutenant colonel of the Twentieth Regiment, Kansas Volunteers. This service earned him the

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, and the

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. In 1908, he settled in

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. Little was elected to the Sixty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses, from

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, and served from March 4, 1917, until his death in

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on June 27, 1924. In the Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses, he was chairman of the Committee on Revision of Laws. He was one of the 50 representatives who on April 5, 1917 voted against declaring war on Germany Little is buried in the City Cemetery of Abilene, Kansas.

References

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