Elias Howell

Elias Howell (August 17, 1785  May 12, 1844) was a one-term United States Representative from Ohio from 1835 to 1837.

Elias Howell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 12th district
In office
March 4, 1835  March 3, 1837
Preceded byRobert Mitchell
Succeeded byAlexander Harper
Member of the Ohio Senate
In office
1830-1832
Personal details
Born(1785-08-17)August 17, 1785
New Jersey
DiedMay 12, 1844(1844-05-12) (aged 58)
Newark, Ohio
Political partyAnti-Jacksonian

Born in New Jersey in 1785, he attended the public schools and in 1819 moved to Newark, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1830 to 1832 and was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1835, to March 3, 1837. He was not a candidate for renomination, and died near Newark, Ohio in 1844.[1] Howell's son, James Bruen Howell, was a U.S. Senator from Iowa.

References

  1. Elias Howell
  • United States Congress. "Elias Howell (id: H000861)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.


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