Misplaced Pages

Adam Brown Littlepage

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
American politician (1859–1921)
Adam Brown Littlepage, West Virginia Congressman.

Adam Brown Littlepage (April 14, 1859 – June 29, 1921) was a lawyer and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative. Congressman Littlepage was born near Charleston, West Virginia, in Kanawha County (then in Virginia) on April 14, 1859. He served as a member of the 62nd, 64th, and 65th United States Congresses. He died in Charleston, June 29, 1921.

He attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He entered practice in Newport, Indiana, in 1882. He returned to Charleston in 1884 and continued the practice of law. He served the United Mine Workers Association in West Virginia as general counsel. From 1906 to 1910, he served as a member of the West Virginia Senate.

He was elected from West Virginia's 3rd District as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913). His candidacy for re-election to the Sixty-third Congress in 1912 was unsuccessful. He returned to serve from West Virginia's 3rd District in the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress and returned to his law practice. He died in Charleston on June 29, 1921, and was interred there at Spring Hill Cemetery.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard". Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

External links

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byJoseph H. Gaines Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from West Virginia's 3rd congressional district
1911–1913 		Succeeded bySamuel B. Avis
Preceded bySamuel B. Avis Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from West Virginia's 3rd congressional district
1915–1917 		Succeeded byStuart F. Reed
Preceded byHoward Sutherland - at-large Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from West Virginia's 6th congressional district
1917–1919 		Succeeded byLeonard S. Echols
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia
1st district
2nd district
3rd district
4th district
5th district
6th district
At-large
West Virginia's delegation(s) to the 62nd–65th United States Congress (ordered by seniority)
62nd Senate: House:
63rd Senate: House:
64th Senate: House:
65th Senate: House:

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

Categories: