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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Georgia

John ELLIOTT

(1773-1827)

Senate Years of Service:

1819-1825

Party:

Democratic Republican; Crawford Republican

ELLIOTT, John, a Senator from Georgia; born in St. Johns Parish, now Liberty County, Ga., October 24, 1773; completed preparatory studies; graduated from Yale College in 1794; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Sunbury, Liberty County, Ga., in 1797; held several local offices; elected as a Democratic Republican (later Crawford Republican) to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1825; died in Sunbury, Ga., August 9, 1827; interment in Old Midway Cemetery in Liberty County.