{{Short description|American politician}} {{Other people|Edward Little}} {{Infobox officeholder | image= | image_size=150px | caption= | state =[[Massachusetts]] | district ={{ushr|MA|9|9th}} |predecessor=[[Orin Fowler]] |successor=[[Alexander De Witt]] |predecessor2= |successor2= | birth_name= | birth_date ={{Birth date |1791|11|7}} | birth_place =[[Marshfield, Massachusetts]] | death_date={{death date and age|1875|2|6|1791|11|7}} | death_place= [[Lynn, Massachusetts]] | party = | term_start = December 13, 1852 | term_end =March 3, 1853 | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | resting_place = | alma_mater = | profession =agriculture }} '''Edward Preble Little''' (November 7, 1791 – February 6, 1875) was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Massachusetts]]. He was born in [[Marshfield, Massachusetts|Marshfield]] in 1791. He attended public schools. At the age of nine (in 1800) he was on the U.S. [[frigate]] Boston with his father, Capt. [[George Little (naval officer)|George Little]], at the suggestion of President [[John Adams]], who gave him a commission as midshipman. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
==Career== Little served as a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] and was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the Thirty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[Orin Fowler]]. He served from December 13, 1852, to March 3, 1853. He was not a candidate for renomination to the Thirty-third Congress, but served as collector of customs at the port of [[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]. Edward Preble Little was named after Commodore Edward Preble. His parents were Capt. George Little (1754–1809) and Rachel (Rogers) Little (1758–1838). Edward Preble Little married Edy Rogers (1789–1852) March 13, 1811 in Marshfield, Massachusetts. Source: "John Rogers of Marshfield" 1898 by Josiah H. Drummond, pages 69 and 87.
==Agriculture== Little resumed agricultural pursuits, and died in [[Lynn, Massachusetts]] on February 6, 1875. His interment was in the Congregational Church Cemetery in Marshfield Hills.
==References== {{CongBio|L000350}}
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