Elisha Haley

Elisha Haley (born January 21, 1776 in Groton , Colony of Connecticut , †  January 22, 1860 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1835 and 1839 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Elisha Haley attended public schools in his home country and then worked in agriculture. Later he also began a political career. Between 1820 and 1834 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives on several occasions . In 1830 he was a member of the State Senate . He was also a captain in his state's militia .

Haley was a supporter of Andrew Jackson and later became a member of the Democratic Party which he founded . In the congressional elections of 1834 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took over the mandate previously held by Ebenezer Young on March 4, 1835 . After a re-election in 1836, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1839 . From 1837 he was chairman of the committee for the control of public expenditure.

After his time in the US House of Representatives ended, Haley withdrew from politics. He worked in the construction industry in the following years. Elisha Haley died in January 1860 in his native Groton.

Web links

• Elisha Haley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Elisha Haley in the database of Find a Grave (English)