Sam Little (politician)
| Samuel Perry "Sam" Little | |
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| Louisiana State Representative from District 14 (Morehouse and Ouachita parishes) | |
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In office January 14, 2008 – January 9, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Charles McDonald |
| Succeeded by | Jay Morris |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 2, 1950 Bastrop Morehouse Parish |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Pamela Doles Little (born 1954) |
| Children | Daughters Christina and Clair |
| Occupation | Retired farmer |
| Religion | Non-denominational Christian |
Samuel Perry Little (born January 2, 1950) is a retired farmer from Bastrop, the seat of Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, who is a Republican former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 14 in northeastern portion of his state.
Little attended both Northwestern State University in and the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then Northeast Louisiana University. He is a long-term director of the Louisiana and Morehouse Parish Farm Bureau Federation and the Morehouse Gin Company. He is a member of the Sparta Groundwater Conservation District based in Simsboro in Lincoln Parish; he was appointed to the district by outgoing Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco for a term which expired on October 15, 2009.
A Bastrop native, Little has been married since 1971 to the former Pamela Doles (born 1954). The couple has two daughters, Christina and Clair. Little is an active member of Providence Church in Lake Providence, the seat of East Carroll Parish.
Little defeated Democrat Buddy M. Quinn, a retired dentist, also from Bastrop, by a margin of nine votes in the general election held on November 17, 2007. Little polled 3,936 votes (50.06 percent) to Quinn's 3,927 (49.94 percent) for the right to succeed term-limited Representative Charles McDonald, a Democrat from Bastrop, which is included within the Monroe standard metropolitan statistical area of northeast Louisiana. McDonald ran unsuccessfully for the Louisiana State Senate in October 20 nonpartisan blanket primary, having been defeated by another term-limited representative, Republican Mike Walsworth of West Monroe in Ouachita Parish.
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