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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Ellicott, Benjamin
Ellicott, Benjamin, a Representative from New York; born at Ellicotts Mills, near Baltimore, Md., April 17, 1765; accompanied his brothers in 1789 to upper Canada on the survey to determine the western boundary of the State of New York; employed as a surveyor and draftsman for the Holland Land Co. in New York and Pennsylvania; one of the first judges of the court of common pleas of Geneses County, N.Y., in 1803, with residence in Batavia; was also an extensive landowner; elected as a Democrat to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819); unsuccessful candidate for election in 1820 to the Seventeenth Congress; retired from active life, and in 1826 moved to Williamsville, Erie County, N.Y., where he died December 10, 1827; interment in the graveyard at Williamsville; reinterment in Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y., in 1849.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Ellicott, Benjamin," 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.1126 Original Sources, accessed April 19, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KRNJ1EZ4PIB96TA.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Ellicott, Benjamin." 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.1126, Original Sources. 19 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KRNJ1EZ4PIB96TA.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Ellicott, Benjamin' 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.1126. Original Sources, retrieved 19 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KRNJ1EZ4PIB96TA.
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