Henry T. Ellett

Henry Thomas Ellett (born March 8, 1812 in Salem , Salem County , New Jersey , † October 15, 1887 in Memphis , Tennessee ) was an American politician . In 1847 he briefly represented the fourth constituency of the state of Mississippi in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Henry Ellett attended the Latin School in Salem and Princeton College . where he studied law. After his admission to the bar in 1833, he began to work in Bridgeton in his new profession. In 1837, Ellett moved to Port Gibson , Claiborne County , Mississippi. He also worked there as a lawyer.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . After Jefferson Davis stepped down from the US House of Representatives, Ellett was elected his successor in the US Congress in the fourth district of Mississippi in 1846 . There he ended the legislative period started by his predecessor between January 26 and March 3, 1847. He refused to run again in the regular congressional elections of 1846. He could only spend a little over a month in Congress with that.

After leaving Congress, Ellett worked as a lawyer. Between 1853 and 1865 he was a member of the Mississippi Senate . In 1861 he was a member of the assembly that resolved the withdrawal of the state of Mississippi from the Union. He was also a member of the committee that drafted and announced the withdrawal notice. In February 1861 Ellett was offered the post of Confederate Post Secretary , but he declined. After the Civil War , Ellett was a judge on the Mississippi Supreme Court from 1865 to 1868. In 1868 he moved to Memphis, where he again worked as a lawyer. In 1886 he became Chancellor of Tennessee's twelfth legal district. Thomas Ellett died in Memphis on October 15, 1887, while delivering a welcoming address for President Grover Cleveland .

Web links

• Henry T. Ellett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Henry T. Ellett in the database of Find a Grave (English)