Elijah Spencer

Elijah Spencer (* 1775 in Columbia County, New York, † December 15, 1852 in Benton, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1821 and 1823 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Elijah Spencer received a limited education. His childhood was overshadowed by the War of Independence. In 1791 he moved to Jerusalem - then still part of Ontario County. He settled in the part, which in 1803 separated and the Town of Vernon, was later renamed Benton. He worked in agriculture. In 1810 he was Supervisor in Benton - a post he held until 1819. He sat in 1819 in the New York State Assembly.

As opponents of a strong central government, he joined at that time, which was founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1820 for the 17th Congress Spencer was in the 21st electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Nathaniel Allen and Albert H. Tracy took on March 4, 1821 which together previously represented the 21th District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He retired after the March 3, 1823 out of the Congress.

Between 1826 and 1828 he was again Supervisor in Benton. He took 1846 on the Constituent Assembly of New York. Furthermore, he was again engaged in agriculture. He died about nine years before the outbreak of the civil war in Benton and was then buried in the Lakeview Cemetery in Penn Yan.