Daniel Ellison

Daniel Ellison ( born February 14, 1886 in Russia; † August 20, 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1943 and 1945 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Even in his childhood came Daniel Ellison from his native Russia to Baltimore, where he attended public schools. Then he studied until 1907 at the Johns Hopkins University. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Maryland and his 1909 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Baltimore in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1923 and 1942 he was a member of the City Council of Baltimore.

In the congressional elections of 1942, Ellison was in the fourth electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Ambrose Meyer on January 3, 1943. Since he Democrat George Hyde Fallon defeated in 1944, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1945. This was marked by the events of the Second World War. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Ellison practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1946 and 1950 he sat in the Senate of Maryland. He died on August 20, 1960 in Baltimore.