Eli Sims Shorter

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Eli Sims Shorter (born March 15, 1823 in Monticello , Jasper County , Georgia , † April 29, 1879 in Eufaula , Barbour County , Alabama ) was an American politician and represented the state of Alabama in the US Congress .

Career

Eli Sims Shorter was born on March 15, 1823 in Monticello, Jasper County, Georgia. His father, Dr. Reuben C. Shorter, a medic and planter, immigrated to Georgia from Virginia as a young man and became a leader of the emerging Jacksonian party . In 1833 Shorter's family moved to Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama. There he attended public schools and graduated in 1844 from Yale College (now Yale University ), where he made his Bachelor of Laws . He was admitted to the bar that same year and then opened a law practice with his brother, John Gill, in Eufaula, Alabama. He was also involved in agriculture.

Shorter was elected a Democrat in the forty-third and forty-fourth Congresses. His tenure extended from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1859. He then decided to resume his practice as a lawyer in Eufaula, Alabama.

During the Civil War , he served in the Confederate Army as a Colonel in the Eighteenth Regiment , the Alabama Volunteer Infantry.

Eli Sims Shorter died on April 29, 1879 in Eufaula, Alabama. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery.

family

Eli Sims Shorter was married to Marietta Fannin, a niece of Col. Fannin from "The Alamo". They had four children together: Annie Bell, William A., Emory, and Henry. His older brother, John Gill Shorter, was Governor of Alabama from 1861 to 1863.

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personal data
SURNAME Shorter, Eli Sims
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician, governor of Florida
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Monticello , Jasper County , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1879
Place of death Eufaula , Alabama