Chauncey B. Little

Chauncey B. Little, Kansas Congressman.

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

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.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Ulysses S. Guyer		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 2nd congressional district
1925–1927 		Succeeded by
Ulysses S. Guyer
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