Zebulon Little (born August 24, 1968) is a former Democratic member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 4th district from 1998 to 2010. He was the Majority Leader and Floor Leader of the Alabama Senate from 2002 to 2010.

Biography

Little was born in

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, and attended Cullman High School. He received his

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from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and his

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degree from the Cumberland School of Law of

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. He is a member of the

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, the Cullman County Bar Association, and other

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s. Little served three terms as Alabama State Senator from district 4. During his first and second terms, he served as Chairperson of the Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee and Vice Chairperson of the Judiciary Committee. Halfway through his second term, he was elected as Senate Majority Leader to fill a vacancy. He was again elected by his fellow Senators as Senate Majority Leader for the term 2007–2010. Senator Little was the youngest senator ever elected to serve as the Alabama Senate Majority Leader and also the youngest senator to ever chair an Alabama Senate standing committee. In 2019 he was convicted of theft.

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