Samuel Perry "Sam" Little Louisiana State Representative from District 14 (Morehouse, Ouachita, West Carroll, and East Carroll parishes) Incumbent Assumed office  January 14, 2008 Preceded by Charles McDonald Born 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 19501) is a retired American farmer from Bastrop, Louisiana, the seat of Morehouse Parish, who was sworn into office in Baton Rouge on January 14, 2008, as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 14. Little currently serves on three House Committees2: Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development; Natural Resources and Environment; Transportation, Highways, and Public Works.

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 the October 20 jungle primary, having been defeated by another term-limited representative, Republican Mike Walsworth of West Monroe in Ouachita Parish.3 Quinn won Morehouse Parish by 619 votes but trailed in Ouachita, West Carroll, and East Carroll, where portions of each parish are included in the district. Had the same number of voters who cast ballots in the attorney general's race also participated in the state representative contest, Quinn could have easily prevailed over Little, considering the 2-1 margin for successful Attorney General candidate Buddy Caldwell of Madison Parish over the Republican Royal Alexander of Shreveport.4

Little had trailed in the higher-turnout October 20 primary, having received 4,479 (35 percent) to Quinn's 5,262 (41 percent). A second Republican, Stanley J. "Stan" Neathery, also of Bastrop, received 3,187 ballots (25 percent). Little lost 543 votes between the primary and the general election, but Quinn's tabulation decreased by 1,335.5 Little advertised on the radio program of the conservative talk show host Moon Griffon. After his election, he indicated that his first priority in office is ethics reform. Governor Bobby Jindal will call a special session of the legislature early in 2008 to address ethics reform. Little is pro-life and a vocal supporter of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.6 A Republican group ran a picture of Little superimposed next to Governor-elect Jindal. Quinn charged that the advertisement was "dirty politics" because Jindal endorsed no one in the legislative race, having instead said that he could work with either candidate. Walsworth had run a similar ad in his Senate race against McDonald.7

Little, a Bastrop native, 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,8 the seat of East Carroll Parish. He attended both Northwestern State University in Natchitoches 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 expires on October 15, 2009.9 Louisiana House of Representatives Preceded by Charles McDonald (D) Louisiana State Representative from District 14 (Morehouse, Ouachita, East Carroll and West Carroll parishes)

Samuel Perry "Sam" Little (R) 2008– Succeeded by Incumbent References ^ People Search & Background Check ^ [House Committees] [1] ^ The News Star - www.thenewsstar.com - Monroe, LA ^ http://bastrop.townnews.com/articles/2007/11/20/news/news84.txt ^ Louisiana Secretary of State-Multi-Parish Elections Inquiry ^ moongriffon.com ^ http://bastrop.townnews.com/articles/2007/11/20/news/news89.txt ^ Baptist Churches (Results 1 - 15 of 40) ~ churches Lake Providence LA ~ Simple Search ~ SuperPages.com: Yellow Pages ^ Louisiana Boards and Commissions v · d · eMembers of the Louisiana House of Representatives Speaker of the House: Jim Tucker (R) • Speaker pro Tempore: Joel Robideaux (I)        Jim Morris (R)    Roy A. Burrell (D)    Barbara Norton (D)    Patrick Williams (D)    Alan Seabaugh (R)    Thomas G. Carmody (R)    Richard Burford (R)    Jane H. Smith (R)    Henry Burns (R)    Jean M. Doerge (D)    Rick Gallott (D)    Hollis Downs (R)    James R. Fannin (D)    Sam Little (R)    Frank Hoffmann (R)    Kay Katz (R)    Rosalind Jones (D)    Major Thibaut (D)    Bubba Chaney (R)    Noble Ellington (R)    Andy Anders (D)    Billy Chandler (R)    Rick Nowlin (R)    Frank A. Howard (R)    Chris Roy (D)    Herbert Dixon (D)    Chris Hazel (R)    Robert Johnson (D)    Regina Barrow (D)    James Armes (D)    Nancy Landry (R)    Dorothy Sue Hill (D)    Mike Danahay (R)    A. B. Franklin (D)    Brett Geymann (R)    Chuck Kleckley (R)    Johnny Guinn (R)    Bernard LeBas (D)    Bobby Badon (D)    Ledricka Thierry (D)    Mickey Guillory (D)    Jack Montoucet (D)    Page Cortez (R)    Rickey Hardy (D)    Joel Robideaux (I) Vacant Vacant    Taylor Barras (D)    Simone B. Champagne (R)    Sam Jones (D)    Joe Harrison (R)    Gordon Dove (R)    Damon Baldone (D)    Jerry Gisclair (D)    Jerome Richard (I)    Gary Smith (D)    Nickie Monica (R)    Elton Aubert (D)    Eddie Lambert (R)    Karen St. Germain (D)    Michael Jackson (I)    Tom McVea (R)    Avon Honey (D)    Bodi White (R)    Clif Richardson (R)    Hunter Greene (R)    Patricia Smith (D)    Steve Carter (R)    Erich Ponti (R)    Franklin Foil (R)    Rogers Pope (R)    John Bel Edwards (D)    Steve Pugh (R)    Scott Simon (R)    Harold Ritchie (D)    Kevin Pearson (R)    John Schroder (R)    Kirk Talbot (R)    Tony Ligi (R)    Joseph Lopinto (R)    John LaBruzzo (R)    Cameron Henry (R)    Robert Billiot (D)    Patrick Connick (D)    Ricky Templet (R)    Jim Tucker (R)    Girod Jackson (D)    Mert Smiley (R)    Timothy Burns (R)    Greg Cromer (R)    Walt Leger (D)    Tom Willmott (R)    Helena Moreno (D)    Nicholas Lorusso (R)    Walker Hines (R)    Juan LaFonta (D)    Jared Brossett (D)    Neil Abramson (D)    Charmaine Stiaes (D)    Austin Badon (D)    Wesley Bishop (D)    Jeff Arnold (D)    Reed Henderson (D)    Nita Hutter (R)    Ernest Wooton (I)    Republican (54) •      Democratic (46) •    Independent (4) • Vacant (1) • Louisiana Legislature • Louisiana House of Representatives • Louisiana State Senate Persondata Name Little, Sam Alternative names Short description Date of birth 1950 Place of birth Bastrop Morehouse Parish Date of death Place of death