- Elijah V. Brookshire
Elijah Voorhees Brookshire (
August 15 ,1856 -April 14 ,1936 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIndiana .Biography
Early life
Born near
Ladoga, Indiana , Brookshire attended the common schools, and was graduated from Central Indiana Normal College at Ladoga in August 1878.He taught in the common schools ofMontgomery County, Indiana 1879-1882.He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in Crawfordsville the same year.Career
Brookshire was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (
March 4 ,1889 -March 3 ,1895 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.He resumed the practice of law inWashington, D.C. , and was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1894.He moved toLos Angeles, California , in 1925, and toSeattle, Washington , in 1935, having retired from active law practice in 1925.Death
He died in
Seattle, Washington ,April 14 ,1936 .He was interred in Harshbarger Cemetery, nearLadoga, Indiana .References
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