Dudley Doolittle
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Dudley Doolittle | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Fred S. Jackson |
| Succeeded by | Homer Hoch |
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| Born | June 21, 1881 |
| Died | November 14, 1957 (aged 76) |
| Party | Democratic |
Dudley Doolittle (June 21, 1881 – November 14, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. representative from Kansas from 1913 to 1919.
Born in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Doolittle attended the public schools and the University of Kansas at Lawrence, being graduated from its law department in 1903. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, in 1904.
He served as prosecuting attorney of Chase County from 1908 to 1912, and as mayor of Strong City in 1912.
Congress
Doolittle was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress.
