Tazewell Ellett (January 1, 1856 – May 19, 1914) was a one-term

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from Virginia from 1895 to 1897.

Biography

Born in

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in 1856, Ellett attended private schools in Richmond. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1876. He was graduated from the

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in 1878 and immediately commenced practice in Richmond. He later served as member of the board of visitors of the Virginia Military Institute. In 1894, Ellett was elected as a

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to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897) with 63.31% of the vote, defeating Republican J.W. Southward, Independents James M. Gregory, and Martin M. Lipscomb, and Progressive G.M. Smithdeal. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress. After Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Richmond, and New York City. He died in

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, May 19, 1914. He was interred in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

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