- Elisha Phelps
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name = Elisha Phelps
date of birth = November 16, 1779
place of birth = Simsbury,Connecticut
state =Connecticut
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party = Democrat
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spouse =Elisha Phelps (
November 16 ,1779 -April 6 ,1847 ) was aUnited States Representative fromConnecticut . He was the son ofNoah Phelps and father ofJohn Smith Phelps who was a United States Representative fromMissouri . He was born inSimsbury, Connecticut . In 1800, he was graduated fromYale College and fromLitchfield Law School . He was admitted to the bar in 1803 and began practice in Simsbury.Phelps was member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives in 1807, 1812, and 1814-1818. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to theSixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819-March 3, 1821). He was again a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1821 and served as speaker. He served in theConnecticut Senate 1822-1824 and was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1829). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1828. After leaving Congress, he was Connecticut comptroller 1831-1837 and again a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1829 and 1835 and served as speaker in 1829. He was appointed a commissioner to revise and codify the state laws in 1835.Phelps died in Simsbury in 1847 and was buried in Hop Meadow Cemetery.
His home, which he built in 1820, has been renamed the
Amos Eno House , after a subsequent owner. It still stands in Simsbury and is on the National Register of Historic Places.References
*CongBio|P000294
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