Elias Howell (August 17, 1785May 12, 1844) was a one-term

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from

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

from 1835 to 1837. Born in

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in 1785, he attended the public schools and in 1819 moved to

Newark, Ohio Newark ( ) is a city serving as the county seat of Licking County, Ohio, United States, east of Columbus, at the junction of the forks of the Licking River. The population was 49,934 at the 2020 census, which makes it the 15th largest city in O ...

. He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1830 to 1832 and was elected as an

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to the

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, serving from March 4, 1835, to March 3, 1837. He was not a candidate for renomination, and died near

in 1844.Elias Howell Howell's son, James Bruen Howell, was a U.S. Senator from

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...

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1785 births 1844 deaths Ohio state senators People from New Jersey Politicians from Newark, Ohio American people of Welsh descent 19th-century American legislators National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio {{Ohio-Representative-stub