Adam Brown Littlepage (West Virginia Congressman)

Adam Brown Littlepage (April 14, 1859 – June 29, 1921) was a

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and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative. Congressman Littlepage was born near

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, in

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(then in Virginia) on April 14, 1859. He served as a member of the 62nd, 64th, and

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es. He died in Charleston, June 29, 1921. He attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He entered practice in

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, in 1882. He returned to Charleston in 1884 and continued the practice of law. He served the

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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

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(March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913). His candidacy for re-election to the

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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

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and returned to his law practice. He died in Charleston on June 29, 1921, and was interred there at Spring Hill Cemetery.

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