Mortimer Fitzland Elliott

Mortimer Fitzland Elliott ( * September 24, 1839 in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, † August 5, 1920 in Mansfield, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Mortimer Elliott attended the common schools and the Wellsboro Academy and then the Alfred University in Allegheny County. After studying law and his 1860 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Wellsboro in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In 1873 he took part in a constitutional convention of the State of Pennsylvania as a delegate.

In the congressional elections of 1882 Elliott was in the then newly established state-wide 28th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1883. Since he has not been confirmed in 1884, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1885. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Elliott practiced as a lawyer again. He worked mainly for the Standard Oil Company of New York City. He died on 5 August 1920 in Mansfield and was buried in Wellsboro.