Chauncey B. Little

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, US
DiedSeptember 29, 1952(1952-09-29) (aged 75)
Olathe, Kansas, US
Political partyDemocratic

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

Born in Olathe, Kansas, Little attended grade school and high school in Olathe and the Kansas State College at Manhattan. In 1898, he graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Olathe. He was the city attorney of Olathe from 1901–06, and served as the county attorney of Johnson County, Kansas from 1909 to 1913.

Little was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election 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.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Party political offices
Preceded by
Ralph T. O'Neil
Democratic nominee for Kansas Attorney General
1922
Succeeded by
Thurman Hill
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Governor of Kansas
1928
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Howard E. Payne
Democratic nominee for Kansas Attorney General
1934
Succeeded by
Innis D. Harris
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd congressional district

1925–1927
Succeeded by