Finis H. Little was a state legislator in Mississippi. A Republican, he served during the Reconstruction era.[1] He served with F. M. Abbott from the 22nd District.[2] He served as president pro tem of the state senate and chaired its finance committee.[3][4]
He served as an officer with a unit of the Union Army from Kentucky during the American Civil War.[5][6]
According to one account, he was part of a planned march of African American Republicans that was faced down by armed white supremacists allied with the Democratic Party.[7] In 1875 he wrote seeking protection for Republican voters in areas where they were a great majority, expressing his expectation of intimidation and Democratic Party control over polling.[8] In 1875 he also conveyed a message from the Republican Caucus of Mississippi to President Ulysses Grant seeking a change in the federal official overseeing U.S. Marshals in the area.[9] He described how whites in Aberdeen, Mississippi in Monroe County welcomed Klansmen home as heroes and lawyers offered them their services in defense against federal prosecution.[10]