William Ellis

William Ellis

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Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1825-1826 Representative Federalist
1826-1827 Representative Federalist
1829-1830 Representative Democrat
Counties Lycoming, McKean, Potter, Tioga

Biography


Lycoming, Potter, McKean and Tioga Counties (1825-1827), Lycoming, Potter and McKean Counties (1829-1830)

ELLIS, William Cox, a Representative from Lycoming, McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties; born, May 5, 1787 in Fort Muncy, Lycoming County, Pa.; studied law under Samuel Hepburn; bank cashier; lawyer; elected, United States Congress (1821-1825); elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1825-1826 and 1826-1827 terms; reelected to the House as a Democrat for the 1829-1830 term; died, December 13, 1871, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; interred, Muncy Cemetery, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. 

 

Archival Collections

Ellis Family papers (HC.MC.950.066), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, Pa.

 

Congressional Biography

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