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Elias Dewitt Huntley (19 April 1840 – 12 February 1909) was a
Elias Dewitt Huntley (19 April 1840 – 12 February 1909) was a Methodist
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clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate
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Early life
Elias Dewitt Huntley, was born April 19, 1840, in Elmira, New York, the son of Frances Tooker and Elias Sanford Huntley. He graduated fromGenesee College
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(1866).Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, Volume 4, by John Howard Brown, p. 262
Ministry
He was ordained the same year he graduated and began his ministry by preaching in the Nunda circuit in New York State. Then, he became a professor of ancient languages atGenesee Wesleyan Seminary The Genesee Wesleyan Seminary was the name of two institutions located on the same site in Lima, New York.
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. After that he went to Wisconsin
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and served as presiding elder of the Madison district before becoming president of Lawrence University
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in Appleton, Wisconsin
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(1879–1883).
He became pastor of the Metropolitan church in Washington, D.C.
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, and while in that city, was elected Chaplain of the Senate
The chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for senators, their staffs, and their families. The chaplain is appoi ...
(1883–1886).Alumni Record And General Catalogue of Syracuse University, Volume 1, by Syracuse University
In 1886, he served the Madison Avenue Methodist church in New York City
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, and then the First Methodist Church in Annapolis, Maryland (1887–1891), First Methodist Church Baltimore, Maryland
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(1891–1893), Summerfield Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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(1893–1895), and Trinity Church, Washington DC (1897-1900).
Huntley died on February 12, 1909, in Washington, D.C.familysearch.org
Personal life
Huntley married Amelia H. Elmore of Milwaukee; their sons George and Sherman did not survive childhood.References