Chauncey B. Little
Encyclopedia
Chauncey Bundy Little was a U.S. Representative
from Kansas
.
Born in Olathe, Kansas
, Little attended the graded 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.
City attorney of Olathe 1901-1906.
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 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
, September 29, 1952.
He was interred in Olathe Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Kansas
Kansas
Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...
.
Born in Olathe, Kansas
Olathe, Kansas
Olathe is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Kansas, United States. Located in northeastern Kansas, it is also the fifth most populous city in the state, with a population of 125,872 at the 2010 census. As a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, Olathe is the fourth-largest city in the...
, Little attended the graded 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
Admission to the bar in the United States
In the United States, admission to the bar is the granting of permission by a particular court system to a lawyer to practice law in that system. Each U.S. state and similar jurisdiction has its own court system and sets its own rules for bar admission , which can lead to different admission...
the same year and commenced practice in Olathe.
City attorney of Olathe 1901-1906.
County attorney of Johnson County, Kansas
Johnson County, Kansas
Johnson County is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. The county is largely suburban, being part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, and containing many of its affluent southwestern suburbs. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 544,179. Its county...
from 1909 to 1913.
Little was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
to the Sixty-ninth
69th United States Congress
The Sixty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1925 to March 4, 1927, during the third and fourth...
Congress (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1927).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1926 to the Seventieth
70th United States Congress
The Seventieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1927 to March 3, 1929, during the last two years of...
Congress.
He resumed the practice of law.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Kansas in 1928.
He died in Olathe, Kansas
Olathe, Kansas
Olathe is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Kansas, United States. Located in northeastern Kansas, it is also the fifth most populous city in the state, with a population of 125,872 at the 2010 census. As a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, Olathe is the fourth-largest city in the...
, September 29, 1952.
He was interred in Olathe Cemetery.