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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ConnecticutElisha PHELPS
(1779-1847)
PHELPS, Elisha, (father of
John Smith Phelps), a Representative from Connecticut; born in
Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., November 16, 1779; was graduated
from Yale College in 1800 and from Litchfield (Conn.) Law School;
was admitted to the bar in 1803 and began practice in Simsbury;
member of the state house of representatives in 1807, 1812, and
1814-1818; elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth Congress (March
4, 1819-March 3, 1821); again a member of the state house of
representatives in 1821 and served as speaker; served in the state
senate 1822-1824; elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth
and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829); declined to
be a candidate for renomination in 1828; state comptroller
1831-1837; again a member of the state house of representatives in
1829 and 1835 and served as speaker in 1829; appointed a
commissioner to revise and codify the state laws in 1835; died in
Simsbury, Conn., April 6, 1847; interment in Hop Meadow
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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