Andrew Ellison

Andrew Ellison ( 1812 in West Union , Adams County , Ohio , † around 1860) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

There is no record of Andrew Ellison's exact date of birth or death. He first attended the public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1835, he began to work in Georgetown in this profession. Between 1840 and 1843 he was a district attorney in Brown County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1846 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives .

In the congressional election of 1852 Ellison was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Frederick Green on March 4, 1853 . Since he was not confirmed in 1854, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1855 . This was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Ellison practiced law again.

Web links

• Andrew Ellison in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)