William Thomas Ellis

William Thomas Ellis ( * July 24, 1845 at Knott Ville, Daviess County, Kentucky, † January 8, 1925 in Owensboro, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1889 and 1895 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Ellis attended the public schools of his home and then took as a soldier in the army of the Confederacy in the Civil War in part. After the war he continued his education at Pleasant Valley Seminary. After that he worked in the teaching profession. During 1867 and 1868 he was head of Mount Etna Academy in Ohio County. After studying law at Harvard University and his admission to the bar he began in 1870 in Owensboro to practice in this profession. In the years 1870 and 1874 he was selected in each case to the District Attorney.

Politically, Ellis was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1886 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet. In the congressional elections of 1888, he was but then in the second electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Polk Laffoon on March 4, 1889. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1895 three legislative periods. There he was since 1891 Chairman of the Committee, which dealt with the revision of the laws.

1894 William Ellis leaned from a bid again. In July 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was nominated on the William Jennings Bryan 's presidential candidate. Otherwise Ellis practiced again as a lawyer; He also dealt with literary matters. He died on January 8, 1925 in Owensboro.

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