| LC control no. | no2019031649 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Holmes, Elias Bellows, 1807-1866 |
| Variant(s) | Holmes, E. B. (Elias Bellows), 1807-1866 |
| Birth date | 1807-05-22 |
| Death date | 1866-07-31 |
| Place of birth | Fletcher (Vt.) |
| Place of death | Brockport (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | Maris B. Pierce Papers: Petition from the House of Representatives to the President of the United States, February 17, 1849 : page 1 (E. B. Holmes) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed March 1, 2019 (Holmes, Elias Bellows; a Representative from New York; born in Fletcher, Vt., May 22, 1807; attended the district schools and St. Albans Academy; taught school; studied law at Pittsford, N.Y.; was admitted to the bar in 1830; moved to Brockport, N.Y., in 1831 and commenced the practice of law; engaged in agricultural pursuits and transportation; engaged in running canal packets between Rochester and Buffalo 1840-1855; one of the promoters and constructors of the Rochester & Niagara Falls Railroad and a director until it merged with the New York Central Railroad; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1849); was not a candidate for renomination; resumed agricultural pursuits; died in Brockport, N.Y., July 31, 1866; interment in City Cemetery) |
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