John S. Little

John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Arkansas (died 1916)

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Born: March 15, 1851
Died: October 29, 1916
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Birth year: 1851

About John S. Little

John Sebastian Little was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and briefly as the 21st governor of Arkansas, before having a nervous breakdown and resigning. Little attended Cane Hill College in Washington County for one term. Little served in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1884, and in 1886 was appointed judge in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit and served for four years.

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The world when John S. Little was born

John S. Little was born in 1851. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1851

Best-selling bookMoby-Dick by Herman Melville

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineGreat Exhibition in London — first World's Fair
Technology milestoneIsaac Singer patents practical sewing machine
World population~1.31B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderMillard Fillmore
U.S. population23.8M

1851 versus 2026

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Measure	1851	2026
Population	23.8M	341 million

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