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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VirginiaElbert Sevier MARTIN
(18291876)
MARTIN, Elbert Sevier,
(brother of John Preston Martin), a Representative from Virginia;
born near Jonesville, Lee County, Va., about 1829; attended the
public schools and Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va., 1845-1848;
engaged in mercantile pursuits in Jonesville, Va.; elected as an
Independent Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4,
1859-March 3, 1861); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1860
to the Thirty-seventh Congress; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War as captain of a company of volunteers formed
in Jonesville, Va.; moved to Dallas, Tex., in 1870 and became
interested in the newspaper publishing business; died in Dallas,
Tex., September 3, 1876.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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