| LC control no. | nr 93000885 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mills, Elijah Hunt, 1776-1829 |
| Variant(s) | Mills, Mr. (Elijah Hunt), 1776-1829 Mills, E. H. (Elijah Hunt), 1776-1829 M., E. H. (Elijah Hunt Mills), 1776-1829 E. H. M. (Elijah Hunt Mills), 1776-1829 |
| Birth date | 1776-12-01 |
| Death date | 1829-05-05 |
| Place of birth | Chesterfield (Mass.) |
| Place of death | Northampton (Mass.) |
| Affiliation | Williams College Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate Federal Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Public prosecutors Legislators |
| Found in | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. In Senate of the United States, February 13, 1821. Mr. Mills ... made the following report ... 1821. Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Mills, Elijah Hunt; representative and senator from Mass.; grad. Williams Coll., 1797; lawyer; D.A., Hampshire Co., Mass.; opened a law school, Northampton, Mass., 1823; member, Mass. House, 1811-14 and 1819-20; speaker of Mass. House, 1820; b. 12/1/1776; d. 5/5/1829) United States. Congress (7th, 1st session : 1801-1802). Debates in the Congress of the United States, on the bill for repealing the law "for the more convenient organization of the courts," 1802: inscr. (E.H. Mills; E.H.M.; of Northampton) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Mills, Elijah Hunt, 1776-1829; note: not considered an author) Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, May 3, 2016 (Mills, Elijah Hunt, (great-great grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and John Davis Lodge), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Chesterfield, Mass., December 1, 1776; educated by private tutors and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1797; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Northampton; district attorney for Hampshire County; opened a law school in Northampton in 1823; member, State house of representatives 1811-1814; elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1819); elected to the State house of representatives in 1819 and became speaker in 1820; elected to the United States Senate in 1820 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Prentiss Mellen; reelected and served from June 12, 1820, to March 3, 1827; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; retired from public life due to ill health; died in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., on May 5, 1829; interment in Bridge Street Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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