Finis H. Little | |
|---|---|
 c. 1874 | |
| 16th President pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate | |
| In office January 21, 1874 –June 3, 1875 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Bennett |
| Succeeded by | John M. Stone |
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 22nd district | |
| In office January 1870 –January 1876 | |
| Personal details | |
| Died | February 5,1880 Aberdeen,Mississippi,U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Finis H. Little (died February 5,1880) was a state legislator in Mississippi. A Republican,he served during the Reconstruction era. [1] He served with F. M. Abbott from the 22nd District. [2] He served as president pro tem of the state senate and chaired its finance committee. [3] [4]
He was raised in Calhoon,Kentucky. [5] He was the third son of Judge Douglas Little,and his brother was Judge L. P. Little. [5]
He served as an officer with a unit of the Union Army from Kentucky during the American Civil War. [6] [7]
He represented Chickasaw County in the Mississippi State Senate from 1870 to 1876. [8]
According to one account,he was part of a planned march of African American Republicans that was faced down by armed white supremacists allied with the Democratic Party. [9] In 1875 he wrote seeking protection for Republican voters in areas where they were a great majority,expressing his expectation of intimidation and Democratic Party control over polling. [10] In 1875 he also conveyed a message from the Republican Caucus of Mississippi to President Ulysses Grant seeking a change in the federal official overseeing U.S. Marshals in the area. [11] He described how whites in Aberdeen,Mississippi in Monroe County welcomed Klansmen home as heroes and lawyers offered them their services in defense against federal prosecution. [12]
Little died of consumption in Aberdeen,Mississippi,on February 5,1880. [13] [5]
