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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Elkins, Stephen Benton
Elkins, Stephen Benton (father of Davis Elkins), a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico and a Senator from West Virginia; born in Perry County, Ohio, September 26, 1841; moved with his parents to Westport, Mo.; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1860; during the Civil War enlisted in the Union Army as a captain in the KansasMilitia; moved to the Territory of New Mexico in 1864; was admitted to the bar in 1864 and commenced practice in Messila, N. Mex.; member of the Territorial house of representatives in 1864 and 1865; district attorney for the Territory of New Mexico in 1866 and 1867; appointed attorney general of the Territory January 14, 1867, and served until March 1 of that year; United States district attorney for the Territory 1867-1870; elected as a Republican a Delegate to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1877); was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; moved to New York City and resumed the practice of law; appointed Secretary of War December 17, 1891, and served until the clone of the administration of President Harrison; moved to Elkins, W. Va., and resumed the practice of law; elected to the United States Senate in February 1895; reelected in 1901 and 1907 and served from March 4, 1895, until his death in Washington, D.C., January 4, 1911; interment in Maplewood Cemetery, Elkins, W. Va.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Elkins, Stephen Benton," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1124 1125. Original Sources, accessed March 22, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=52NH7MVPXPZ8I4C.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Elkins, Stephen Benton." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1124, page 1125. Original Sources. 22 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=52NH7MVPXPZ8I4C.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Elkins, Stephen Benton' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1124, pp.1125. Original Sources, retrieved 22 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=52NH7MVPXPZ8I4C.
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