Daniel Ellison

Daniel Ellison (born February 14, 1886 in Russia , †  August 20, 1960 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1945 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In his childhood, Daniel Ellison came from his Russian homeland to Baltimore, where he attended public schools. He then studied to 1907 at Johns Hopkins University . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Maryland and his admission as a lawyer in 1909, he began to work in Baltimore in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1923 and 1942 he was a member of the Baltimore City Council.

In the 1942 congressional elections , Ellison was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded John Ambrose Meyer on January 3, 1943 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat George Hyde Fallon in 1944 , he was only able to serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1945 . This was shaped by the events of the Second World War . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Ellison practiced law again. He was a member of the Maryland Senate from 1946 to 1950 . He died in Baltimore on August 20, 1960.

Web links

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

• Daniel Ellison in the database of Find a Grave (English)