Mortimer Fitzland Elliott

Mortimer F. Elliott
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's at-large district
In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Edwin Sylvanus Osborne
Personal details
Born	September 24, 1839 Cherry Flats, Pennsylvania
Died	August 5, 1920 (aged 80) Mansfield, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Alfred University

Mortimer Fitzland Elliott (September 24, 1839 – August 5, 1920) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Mortimer F. Elliott was born in Cherry Flats, near Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, Wellsboro Academy, and Alfred University. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced practice in Wellsboro. He was a member of the convention to revise the constitution of Pennsylvania in 1873.

Elliott was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884. He resumed the practice of law, and served as general solicitor for the Standard Oil Company in New York City. He died in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, 1920. Interment in Wellsboro Cemetery in Wellsboro.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Mortimer Fitzland Elliott (id: E000126)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard