Dudley Doolittle (June 21, 1881 – November 14, 1957) was a

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from

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. Born in

Cottonwood Falls, Kansas Cottonwood Falls is the largest city and county seat of Chase County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 851. It is located south of Strong City along the south side of the Cottonwood River. Histor ...

, Doolittle attended the public schools and the University of Kansas at Lawrence, being graduated from its law department in 1903. He was

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the same year and commenced practice at

, in 1904. He served as prosecuting attorney of Chase County 1908-1912. He served as mayor of Strong City in 1912. Doolittle was elected as a

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to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress. Representative of the

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to Italy in 1919. Federal Prohibition Director for Kansas in 1920. He engaged in the practice of law in

Strong City, Kansas Strong City is a city in Chase County, Kansas, United States. Originally known as Cottonwood Station, in 1881 it was renamed Strong City after William Barstow Strong, then vice-president and general manager, and later president of the Atchison ...

, Kansas City, Missouri, and

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from 1921 to 1934. Doolittle was elected a member of the Democratic National Committee in 1925. He served as general agent of the ninth district, Farm Credit Administration from 1934 to 1938. He served as member of the board of directors of the College of Emporia and served as its president 1938-1940. He served as president of the Strong City State Bank and a director of the Exchange National Bank of Cottonwood Falls at time of death. He died in Emporia, Kansas on November 14, 1957. He was interred in Prairie Grove Cemetery,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Doolittle, Dudley 1881 births 1957 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas 20th-century American politicians People from Cottonwood Falls, Kansas