Smith Ely, Jr.

Smith Ely Jr. ( born April 17, 1825 Hanover, New Jersey, † July 1, 1911 in Livingston, New Jersey ) was an American politician. He represented 1871-1873 and the years 1875 and 1876, the New York State in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Smith Ely completed his studies and then graduated in 1846 at the New York University Law School in New York City. His admission to the bar he was in the same year, but never practiced. Then he went to New York City commercial transactions. Between 1856 and 1860 he worked as a School Commissioner. He sat in the years 1858 and 1859 in the Senate from New York. He then worked 1860-1870 as County Supervisor. During this time he was in 1867 the Commissioner of Public Instruction. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1870 for the 42nd Congress, he was in the seventh election district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Hervey C. Calkin on March 4, 1871. Since he gave up for reelection in 1872, he retired after the March 3, 1873 out of the Congress. He ran in 1874 for the 44th Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1875 on the succession of Thomas J. Creamer. However, he resigned on December 11, 1876 from his seat back. As a Congressman he had presided over the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury ( 44th Congress ).

Ely was in the years 1877 and 1878 as the successor to William H. Wickham mayor of New York City. In 1895 he was appointed Commissioner of Parks - a position which he held until 1897 when he retired. He died on July 1, 1911 in Livingston and was buried there in a private cemetery on his farm, which is known as " Ely Cemetery " today.