Reuben Ellwood

Reuben Ellwood

Reuben Ellwood (born February 21, 1821 in Minden , Montgomery County , New York , †  July 1, 1885 in Sycamore , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Reuben Ellwood attended public schools in his home country as well as Cherry Valley Seminary . In the meantime he worked in agriculture and as a laborer in Illinois before returning to New York State. There he first worked in a sawmill. Later he made straw brooms. At times he employed up to 150 workers in his company. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1851 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . He became a member of the Republican Party, founded in 1854, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia in June 1856 , at which John C. Frémont was nominated as the party's first presidential candidate. From 1857 he lived in Sycamore, where he ran a hardware store and a pharmacy. He later made agricultural implements.

In the congressional election of 1882 Ellwood was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Robert R. Hitt on March 4, 1883 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his death on July 1, 1885 . After a special election, his mandate fell to Albert J. Hopkins .

Web links

• Reuben Ellwood in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Reuben Ellwood in the database of Find a Grave (English)