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Biographical Sketches of Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature,
Officers of the State Governement and judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals,
West Virigina, 1917
Source:
West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1917,
Compiled and Edited by John T. Harris, Clerk of the Senate,
The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston, West Va.
pgs. 719 - 770
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
pg. 721
Representatives
SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Boone, Fayette, Greenbrier, Eanawha, Pocahontas, and Raleigh
(6 counties). Population (1910), 208,897.
ADAM BROWN LITTLEPAGE (Democrat), of Charleston, was born April
14, 1859, near Charleston, Kanawha County, W. Va. Was married on April 8,
1884, to Miss Eva Collett, of Newport, Ind. He is a lawyer by profession; was
elected to the State Senate of West Virginia in 1906, serving four years. In 1910
he was elected to the Sixty-second Congress, defeating the Hon. Joseph Holt
Gaines, Republican; was elected to the Sixty-fourth Congress, defeating Hon.
S. B. Avis, Republican, and re-elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress, defeating Dr.
M. V. Godbey. Assigned to Naval Affairs Committee in the latter body.
Members of the State Senate.
Submitted by: Valerie Crook <vfcrook@trellis.net>
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