William Ely

William Ely ( born August 14, 1765 in Longmeadow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, † October 9, 1817 in Springfield, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1805 and 1815 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Ely first attended preparatory schools and then studied until 1787 at Yale College. After a subsequent law degree in 1791 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started working in Springfield in this profession. Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party, founded by Alexander Hamilton. Between 1801 and 1803 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1804 Ely was in the fifth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas Dwight on March 4, 1805. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1815 five legislative sessions. In this time the British -American War fell from 1812. During the years 1815 and 1816 William Ely was again a deputy in the State Parliament. He died on October 9, 1817 in Springfield.