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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaElisha EMBREE
(1801-1863)
EMBREE, Elisha, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Lincoln County, Ky., September
28, 1801; moved to Indiana in 1811 with his father, who settled in
Knox (now Gibson) County, near where Princeton was subsequently
located; received limited schooling; engaged in agricultural
pursuits; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1836 and
commenced practice in Princeton, Gibson County, Ind.; circuit judge
for the fourth circuit of Indiana 1835-1845; was nominated as the
Whig candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1849, but declined,
preferring to run for Congress; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth
Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress; resumed the
practice of law and also interested in farming; died in Princeton,
Ind., February 28, 1863; interment in Warnock Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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