American politician
Edward Campbell Little (December 14, 1858 – June 27, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas .
Life
Born in Newark, Ohio , 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 University of Kansas in Lawrence in 1883. For several years, he was connected with the Santa Fe Railroad . After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Lawrence.[citation needed
Little served as chairman of the Republican State convention in 1888. In 1889, he was the city attorney of Ness City , and from 1890 to 1892, he was prosecuting attorney of Dickinson County . He served as delegate at large to the Republican National Convention in 1892.
In 1892 and 1893, Little was Minister Resident to Egypt . In 1896 and 1897, he was the private secretary of Governor John W. Leedy . He unsuccessfully ran for senator in 1897. During the Spanish–American War , from 1898 to 1899, he was lieutenant colonel of the Twentieth Regiment, Kansas Volunteers. This service earned him the Spanish War Service Medal , and the Philippine Campaign Medal . In 1908, he settled in Kansas City, Kansas .
Little was elected to the Sixty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses, from Kansas's 2nd congressional district , and served from March 4, 1917, until his death in Washington, D.C. , 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 .
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public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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