Mortimer Fitzland Elliott

Mortimer Fitzland Elliott (born September 24, 1839 in Wellsboro , Pennsylvania , †  August 5, 1920 in Mansfield , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Mortimer Elliott attended the public schools in his home country as well as the Wellsboro Academy and then Alfred University in Allegheny County . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1860, he began to work in Wellsboro in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1873 he took part as a delegate to a constitutional convention of the state of Pennsylvania.

In the congressional election of 1882 Elliott was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the then newly established 28th state  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1883. Since he was not confirmed in 1884, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1885 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Elliott practiced law again. He mainly worked for the Standard Oil Company in New York City . He died in Mansfield on August 5, 1920 and was buried in Wellsboro.

Web links

• Mortimer Fitzland Elliott in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Mortimer Fitzland Elliott in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
new constituency	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (28th constituency) March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885	Edwin Sylvanus Osborne