This article is about the mayor of Pittsburgh, for other people named William Little see William Little (disambiguation)

William Little

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William Little (January 8, 1809 – August 26, 1887), served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1839 to 1840.

Early life

William Little was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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 in 1809. Early in his life he belonged to the civic/vigilance committee The Duquesne Greys.

Pittsburgh politics

Upon being elected mayor Little began a fractious and confrontational relationship with city council. He declined to seek reelection in 1840, citing frustration with the politics of the city .

Later life

After leaving the mayor's office he entered the private sector, developing a canal freight business in Ohio

Ohio

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 before moving further west and starting a successful furniture company in Iowa

Iowa

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By the middle of the century the former mayor came back to his hometown of Pittsburgh to manage the Monongahela Navigation Company, he also served as treasurer

Treasurer

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 of a local Pittsburgh bank.

He died in 1887 in Pittsburgh, aged 78, and is buried in Allegheny Cemetery

Allegheny Cemetery

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External links

• William Little entry at The Political Graveyard
  The Political Graveyard
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