Chauncey B. Little

Chauncey Bundy Little (February 10, 1877 – September 29, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.

Chauncey B. Little
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1925  March 3, 1927
Preceded byUlysses Samuel Guyer
Succeeded byUlysses Samuel Guyer
Personal details
Born(1877-02-10)February 10, 1877
Olathe, Kansas
DiedSeptember 29, 1952(1952-09-29) (aged 75)
Olathe, Kansas
Political partyDemocratic

Born in Olathe, Kansas, Little attended the grade and high schools and the Kansas State College at Manhattan. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1898. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Olathe. He was City attorney of Olathe 1901–06, and served as the county attorney of Johnson County, Kansas from 1909–13.

Little was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1925 March 3, 1927). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Kansas in 1928. He died in Olathe, Kansas on September 29, 1952 and was interred in Olathe Cemetery.

References

  • United States Congress. "Chauncey B. Little (id: L000348)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Chauncey B. Little at Find a Grave

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Party political offices
Preceded by
Jonathan M. Davis
Democratic nominee for Governor of Kansas
1928
Succeeded by
Harry Hines Woodring
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Ulysses S. Guyer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd congressional district

19251927
Succeeded by
Ulysses S. Guyer
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