John J. Kleiner

John Jay Little ( born February 8, 1845 in West Hanover, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, † April 8, 1911 in Takoma Park, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1883 and 1887 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1850, John Little came with his parents in the Medina County, Ohio, where he attended the public schools in Wadsworth. He also worked with his father in farming. Between June 1863 and February 1864, he took part in an infantry unit from Ohio in the Civil War as a volunteer. Then he returned to Wadsworth. In 1867, Little moved to Evansville in Indiana, where he taught at the local business college and the newspaper "Saturday Argus " published. In 1873 he was elected to the city council of Evansville; 1874 to 1880 he was mayor of this place. Meanwhile, he was also entered into the lumber business.

Politically Little was a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1882 he was the first electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded William Heilman took on 4 March 1883, as he had beaten in the election. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1887 two legislative sessions. In 1888 he was defeated by Republican Alvin Peterson Hovey.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives John Little worked in Pierre (South Dakota) in the real estate industry and livestock. In 1890 he moved to the federal capital, Washington, where he was also active in the real estate business. He died on April 8, 1911 in Takoma Park, and was buried in Washington.

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