George W. Little was an American politician from

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Life

He lived in

Otsego County, New York Otsego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,524. The county seat is Cooperstown. The name ''Otsego'' is from a Mohawk or Oneida word meaning "place of the rock." History In 178 ...

. In February 1842, he was elected by the

New York State Legislature The New York State Legislature consists of the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of New York: The New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly. The Constitution of New York does not designate an official ...

Canal Commissioner The Commission to Explore a Route for a Canal to Lake Erie and Report, known as the Erie Canal Commission, was a body created by the New York State Legislature in 1810 to plan the Erie Canal. In 1817 a ''Canal Fund'' led by ''Commissioners of the C ...

, and was in office until February 3, 1845. Afterwards he was Deputy

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Sources

''The New York Civil List'' compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 42; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)''Political History of the State of New York from January 1, 1841, to January 1, 1847, Vol III, including the Life of Silas Wright''
by

Jabez Delano Hammond Jabez Delano Hammond (August 2, 1778 – August 18, 1855) was an American physician, lawyer, author and politician. Life Hammond was born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He practiced medicine in Reading, Vermont, but afterward studi ...

(Hall & Dickson, Syracuse NY, 1848) Google Books, page 525
''The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge''
by Jared Sparks, Francis Bowen & George Partridge Sanger (Gray and Bowen, 1847; page 245) Year of birth missing Year of death missing People from Otsego County, New York Erie Canal Commissioners {{NewYork-politician-stub