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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriErastus WELLS
(1823-1893)
WELLS, Erastus, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson
County, N.Y., December 2, 1823; attended the public schools; moved
to St. Louis, Mo., in 1842; established the first omnibus line in
that city and subsequently inaugurated the first street railroad
company; member of the board of aldermen of St. Louis 1853-1867;
president of the Missouri Railroad Co. 1859-1883; elected as a
Democrat to the Forty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress; elected to the
Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1880; president of the Laclede Gas
Light Co. 1880-1883; died in St. Louis, Mo., October 2, 1893;
interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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