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Richard Nash Elliott

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Birth
Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana, USA
Death
21 Mar 1948 (aged 74)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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U.S. Congressman. Working as a school teacher, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1896 and was a lawyer in private practice at Connersville, Indiana. He was Attorney of Fayette County, (1897-1906), a member of the Indiana State House of representatives, (1905-09), City Attorney of Connersville, (1905-09) delegate to the Republican National Convention, in 1916 and chairman of the Republican Indiana State convention in 1930. In 1917, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Daniel W. Comstock, reelected to the Sixty-sixth Congress and to the next five succeeding Congresses, serving until 1931. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was Assistant Comptroller General of the United States, (1931-43).
U.S. Congressman. Working as a school teacher, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1896 and was a lawyer in private practice at Connersville, Indiana. He was Attorney of Fayette County, (1897-1906), a member of the Indiana State House of representatives, (1905-09), City Attorney of Connersville, (1905-09) delegate to the Republican National Convention, in 1916 and chairman of the Republican Indiana State convention in 1930. In 1917, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Daniel W. Comstock, reelected to the Sixty-sixth Congress and to the next five succeeding Congresses, serving until 1931. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was Assistant Comptroller General of the United States, (1931-43).

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith



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  • Added: Aug 19, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7779143/richard_nash-elliott: accessed ), memorial page for Richard Nash Elliott (25 Apr 1873–21 Mar 1948), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7779143, citing Dale Cemetery, Connersville, Fayette County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.