- Elijah Phister
Elijah Conner Phister (
October 8 ,1822 -May 16 ,1887 ) was aUnited States Representative fromKentucky . He was born inMaysville, Kentucky . He attended theSeminary of Rand and Richardson in Maysville, Kentucky and was graduated fromAugusta College , Kentucky in August 1840. He studiedlaw , was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in 1844.Phister served as mayor of Maysville, Kentucky in 1848. He was a circuit judge 1856-1862 and a member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives 1867-1871. He was appointed one of the commissioners to revise the Kentucky statutes in 1872 but declined. Phister was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883). After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He died in Maysville, Kentucky in 1887 and was buried in the City Cemetery.References
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