Erastus is a masculine given name which may refer to:
Biblical figures:
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Erastus of Corinth, in the New Testament of the Bible
People:
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Erastus of Scepsis, 4th century BC student of Plato
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Erastus Newton Bates
Erastus Newton Bates (February 29, 1828 – May 29, 1898) was an American politician and general from Massachusetts. A graduate of Williams College, Bates was an early settler of Minnesota and participated in its first constitutional convention an ...
(1828–1898), American politician and Civil War brigadier general
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Erastus Flavel Beadle
Erastus Flavel Beadle (September 9, 1821 – December 18, 1894) was an American printer and pioneer in publishing pulp magazines, pulp fiction.
Biography
Erastus was born in Otsego County, New York, United States, in 1821, and had a brother ...
(1821–1894), American printer and pioneer publisher of pulp fiction
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Erastus C. Benedict
Erastus Cornelius Benedict (March 19, 1800 – October 22, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on March 19, 1800, in Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut, the son of Rev. Joel Tyler Benedict (1772–183 ...
(1800–1880), American lawyer and politician
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Erastus Brigham Bigelow (1814–1879), inventor of weaving machines
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Erastus Brooks (1815–1886), American newspaper editor and politician
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Erastus Corning (1794–1872), businessman and politician
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Erastus Corning 2nd (1909–1983), mayor of Albany, New York, great-grandson of the above
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Erastus Milo Cravath
Erastus Milo Cravath (1833–1900) was a pastor and American Missionary Association (AMA) official who after the American Civil War, helped found Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, and numerous other historically black colleges in Georgia ...
(1833–1900), American abolitionist, field secretary with the American Missionary Association, co-founder and president of Fisk University and founder of numerous other historically black colleges
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Erastus D. Culver
Erastus Dean Culver (March 15, 1803 – October 13, 1889) was an attorney, politician, judge, and diplomat from New York City.
Culver was active in the anti-slavery movement and, while in Congress in the 1840s, opposed the extension of sla ...
(1803–1889), American anti-slavery activist, attorney, politician, judge and diplomat
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Erastus Fairbanks (1792–1864), American manufacturer and politician, a founder of the Republican Party and twice Governor of Vermont
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Erastus Salisbury Field (1805–1900), American folk art painter
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Erastus Otis Haven
Erastus Otis Haven (November 1, 1820 – August 2, 1881) was an American academic administrator, serving as president or chancellor of three universities in succession from 1863-1880. He was a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church from 1880 un ...
(1820–1881), American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and president of the University of Michigan and Northwestern University
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Erastus Hussey (1800–1889), American abolitionist and one of the founders of the Republican Party
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Erastus C. Knight
Erastus Cole Knight (March 1, 1857 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York – September 3, 1923 in New York City) was an American businessman and politician.
Life
He attended Public School 16 and 14, and graduated from Bryant & Stratton College ...
(1857–1923), American businessman and politician
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Erastus Dow Palmer (1817–1904), American sculptor
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Erastus Root
Erastus Root (March 16, 1773 – December 24, 1846) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He is most notable for serving four separate non-consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives in the early 19th Century.
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(1773–1846), American lawyer and politician
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Erastus G. Smith
Erastus G. Smith was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Dean of Beloit College.
Biography
Smith was born on April 30, 1855, in South Hadley, Massachusetts. He graduated from Amherst College and the University of Göttingen. On December ...
(1855–1937), American politician
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Erastus Snow (1818–1888), Mormon religious official
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Erastus D. Telford
Erastus Dalson Telford (April 23, 1874 – December 4, 1936) was an American politician and lawyer.
Biography
Telford was born near Salem, Illinois and graduated from Salem High School. He graduated from McKendree University and Georgetown Univ ...
(1874–1936), American lawyer and politician
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Erastus J. Turner
Erastus Johnson Turner (December 26, 1846 – February 10, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born in Lockport, Pennsylvania, Turner attended college in Henry, Illinois, in 1859 and 1860. He moved to Bloomfield, Iowa, in 1860. Enlis ...
(1846–1933), American politician
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Erastus B. Tyler (1822–1891), American businessman, merchant and American Civil War Union Army officer
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Erastus Uutoni
Erastus Amutenya Uutoni (born 29 January 1961) is a Namibian SWAPO politician who has served in the cabinet of Namibia since March 2010.
Uutoni was born on 29 January 1961 in Omatando, near Ongwediva in Ovamboland of South West Africa (today t ...
(born 1961), Namibian politician
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Erastus Wells (1823–1893), American politician and businessman
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Erastus Wentworth
Erastus Wentworth (; Pinyin: ''Wànwéi''; Foochow Romanized: ''Uâng-ùi''; August 5, 1813 – May 26, 1886) was an educator, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and a missionary to Fuzhou, China.
Life
Dr. Wentworth was born in Stonington, Conne ...
(1813–1886), American educator, Methodist Episcopal minister and missionary in China
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Erastus Wiman (1834–1904), Canadian journalist and businessman and a developer in the New York City borough of Staten Island
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English masculine given names