William Cox Ellis
William Cox Ellis (born May 5, 1787 in Muncy , Lycoming County , Pennsylvania , † December 13, 1871 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1821 and 1825 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives twice .
Career
William Ellis attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1803 the Friends' School near Pennsdale . Between 1803 and 1810 he was deputy head of the land surveying authority ( Deputy Surveyor General ); from 1810 to 1818 he worked for the Union and Northumberland County Bank as a cashier. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1817, he began to practice this profession in Muncy. Politically, he was then a member of the Democratic Republican Party .
In the congressional elections of 1820 , Ellis was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he effectively succeeded John Murray on March 4, 1821 . He resigned this mandate before the constituent session of parliament. He then applied for the same mandate without success. The background to this procedure is not known.
In the elections of 1822 Ellis was elected to Congress in the ninth district of his state , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1823. Until March 3, 1825, he was able to complete a full legislative period there. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson . William Ellis was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1825 and 1826 . In 1856 he joined the Republican Party that had been founded two years earlier . Otherwise he worked as a lawyer again. He died on December 13, 1871 in his hometown of Muncy.
Web links
- William Cox Ellis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| John Murray |
United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (10th constituency) with George Denison in 1821 |
Thomas Murray |
| John Brown | United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (9th constituency) with George Kremer and Samuel McKean March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 |
Espy Van Horne |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ellis, William Cox |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muncy , Lycoming County , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1871 |
| Place of death | Muncy , Lycoming County , Pennsylvania |