Jacob Hart Ela

Jacob Hart Ela (* July 18, 1820 in Rochester, New Hampshire; † August 21, 1884 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1867 and 1871 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jacob Ela attended primary school in his native Rochester. Later he was apprenticed in a woolen factory and then went into the printing industry. Politically, Ela joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854. Between 1857 and 1858 he was a member of the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. Between July 1861 and October 1866, he served as U.S. Marshal for the Distric of New Hampshire.

1866 Ela was chosen in the first district of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Gilman Marston on March 4, 1867. After a re-election in 1868 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1871 two legislative sessions. Since 1869 he was chairman of the committee responsible for supervising the expenditure of the Ministry of Interior. His first term in Congress (1867-1869) was overshadowed by the dispute between his party and President Andrew Johnson, culminating in the almost failed impeachment proceedings against the president. While Elah time in Congress were there the 14th and the 15th Amendment to the Constitution to advise and ratified. It was about the civil rights and voting rights for former African-American slaves.

After the end of his time in Congress, Jacob Ela by President Ulysses S. Grant to the auditor ( auditor ) of the Ministry of Finance has been appointed. This post he held between 1 January 1872 and 2 June 1881. Afterwards, he took over the same job for the Ministry of Post and held this until his death on 21 August 1884 in the German capital from. Jacob Ela was buried in his native Rochester.