Biography

07/29/1795 - 01/09/1887


BABBITT, Elijah, a Representative from Erie County; born, July 29, 1795 in Providence, Providence County, RI; lawyer (1824-1887); deputy attorney general, Erie County (1834-1835); elected, as an Anti-Mason to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1836-1837 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1844-1845); secretary, Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company (1845); counsel, commissioners, Erie County (1855-1856); elected, United States Congress (1859-1863); died, January 9, 1887 in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania; interred, Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.  

 

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