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Facts and Events
| Name[2][3] |
James Elliot |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[3][4] |
18 Aug 1775 |
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Christening[1] |
20 Aug 1775 |
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Residence[2] |
Abt 1780 |
New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States |
| Residence[3] |
1790 |
Guilford, Windham, Vermont, United States |
| Residence[3] |
1803 |
Guilford, Windham, Vermont, United States |
| Other[3] |
From 1803 to 1809 |
U.S. Congressman |
| Residence[3] |
Abt 1810 |
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Statesnewspaper publisher |
| Residence[3] |
1817 |
Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States |
| Death[3][4] |
10 Nov 1839 |
Newfane, Windham, Vermont, United States |
| Burial[3][4] |
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Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States Prospect Hill Cemetery |
References
- ↑ Births, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts.: Essex Institute, 1917)
p 235.
ELIOT (Elliott)
James, s. James, bp. Aug. 20, 1775. CR4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Babson, John J. History of the town of Gloucester, Cape Ann: including the town of Rockport. (Gloucester Mass.: Procter Bros., 1860)
p. 299.
James Elliot died while still young of small pox, and his wife Martha Day Elliot and 3 sons (James, Samuel, William) were left in low circumstances. They soon moved to New Salem, MA. Of James and Martha's sons, James became a lawyer, settled in Brattleborough, VT, was a representative in Congress from VT for four years,
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 James Elliot (politician), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
accessed 26 Oct 2015.
James Elliot (August 18, 1775 – November 10, 1839) was an American lawyer, author and politician.
Elliot was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and worked as a farmer and store clerk. He moved to Guilford, Vermont in 1790, and served as a sergeant in the Northwest Indian War of 1793 in Ohio. Elliot published several works of poems and essays in 1798,[1] and served as a clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1801 to 1803.[2]
Elliot studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1803. He began the practice of law in Brattleboro, Vermont. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican [sic - Federalist] to the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1803 to March 3, 1809.[3]
Upon retiring from Congress, Elliot published a newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[4] and served in the War of 1812 as a captain.[5] He resumed practicing law in Brattleboro, Vermont, and served as clerk of the Windham County Court from 1817 to 1835. In 1818 and 1819 Elliot returned to politics in the Vermont House of Representatives. He worked as register of the probate court from 1822 to 1834, and then returned to the state House of Representatives from 1837 to 1838. He was the State's attorney for Windham County from 1837 to 1839.[6]
Elliot died on November 10, 1839 in Newfane, Vermont and is interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro, Vermont.
Sources:
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History ..., Volume 9. J. T. White Company. 1899. p. 454.
"ELLIOT, James, (1775 - 1839)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
"Rep. James Elliott". govtrack.us. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
"James Elliott". Dictionaries.com. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
"Elliott, James (1775-1839)". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
"The Balance and Columbian Repository". The Freeman Institute. Retrieved October 42, 2012. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 James Elliot, Memorial# 22653, in Find A Grave
26 Oct 2015.
James Elliot
Birth: Aug. 18, 1775, Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: Nov. 10, 1839, Newfane, Windham County, Vermont, USA
Burial: Prospect Hill Cemetery, Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, USA
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Vermont's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1803 to 1809.
Spouse: Lucy Dow Elliot (1781 - 1869)
Children: James M. Elliot (1805 - 1807)
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