Jacob Hart Ela (July 18, 1820 – August 21, 1884) was an American politician and a

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Early life

Born in Rochester, New Hampshire, Ela attended the village school in Rochester. At fourteen years of age he was apprenticed in a woolen manufactory and subsequently learned the printer's trade.

Career

Ela served as member of the

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in 1857 and 1858 and as

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from July 1861 to October 1866. Elected as a Republican to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses, Ela served as United States Representative for the 1st congressional district or the state of New Hampshire (March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the

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(Forty-first Congress). Ela was appointed by President Grant as Fifth Auditor of the Treasury on January 1, 1872, and served until June 2, 1881. On June 3, 1881, he was appointed Auditor of the Treasury for the

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and served in that position until his death.

Death

Ela died in

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, on August 21, 1884 (age 64 years, 34 days). He is

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at Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire.

Family life

The name Ela first comes to the US in the late 1630s, and the US family originates from Haverhill, Massachusetts, in the early 16th century, where the Ela family cemetery is located at Walnut Hill Cemetery in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Ela married the widow, Abigail (Moore) Kelley and they had three sons, Frederic P., Wendell P., and Charles S. Abigail died in September 1879, and he married Mary Handerson on October 2, 1880.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ela, Jacob Hart 1820 births 1884 deaths Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives People from Rochester, New Hampshire United States Marshals Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire 19th-century American politicians