Elijah Conner Phister (October 8, 1822 – May 16, 1887) was a
United States representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
from
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
. He was born in
Maysville, Kentucky. He attended the
Seminary of Rand and Richardson in Maysville, Kentucky and was graduated from
Augusta College, Kentucky in August 1840. He studied
law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in 1844.
Phister served as mayor of Maysville, Kentucky in 1848. He was a circuit judge 1856-1862 and a member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives
The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form ...
1867-1871. He was appointed one of the commissioners to revise the Kentucky statutes in 1872 but declined. Phister was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883). After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He died in Maysville, Kentucky in 1887 and was buried in the City Cemetery.
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1822 births
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Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
19th-century American politicians
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Augusta College (Kentucky) alumni