Amos Ellmaker was a US politician, attorney, and judge from Pennsylvania.
24 Facts About Amos Ellmaker
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Amos Ellmaker served as the Pennsylvania Attorney General and was the Anti-Masonic vice presidential candidate in the 1832 presidential election.
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Amos Ellmaker returned to private practice in 1819 and helped found the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad.
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From 1828 to 1829, Amos Ellmaker served another term as Pennsylvania Attorney General.
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In 1832, Amos Ellmaker was nominated as the Anti-Masonic vice presidential candidate.
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Amos Ellmaker sought election to the United States Senate in 1834 but was defeated by James Buchanan.
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Amos Ellmaker was born in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the son of Nathaniel Ignatious and Elizabeth Ellmaker.
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Amos Ellmaker graduated from Princeton College in 1805, attended the Litchfield Law School, and continued his legal studies under James Hopkins, the same Lancaster attorney who trained James Buchanan.
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Amos Ellmaker completed his studies in the Harrisburg office of Thomas Elder, whose daughter he later married.
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In 1808, Amos Ellmaker was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Harrisburg.
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On Jan 13,1809, at age 21, Amos Ellmaker was appointed deputy attorney general for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
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Amos Ellmaker served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1813 and 1814, elected from the legislative district composed of Dauphin and Lebanon Counties.
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Amos Ellmaker volunteered for the militia during the War of 1812 and served in 1814 as aide-de-camp to Brigadier General John Forster during the Chesapeake Campaign.
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On July 3,1815 Amos Ellmaker was appointed Judge of the Twelfth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, composed of Dauphin, Lebanon, and Schuylkill Counties.
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Amos Ellmaker resigned from the bench in December 1816 to accept Governor Simon Snyder's appointment as Pennsylvania Attorney General.
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Governor William Findlay re-appointed him in 1818, and Amos Ellmaker served until December 1819.
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In 1817 Amos Ellmaker declined an offer from James Monroe to serve as Secretary of War.
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In 1821 Amos Ellmaker moved from Harrisburg to Lancaster, where he continued to practice law.
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In 1823 Amos Ellmaker was an original incorporator of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
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In May 1828 Amos Ellmaker returned to the office of state Attorney General, and served until August 1829.
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In 1832, Amos Ellmaker was the candidate for Vice President on the Anti-Masonic ticket, with William Wirt as the candidate for president.
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Wirt and Amos Ellmaker won in Vermont, and received seven electoral votes.
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In 1834 Amos Ellmaker ran for the United States Senate, losing to James Buchanan.
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Amos Ellmaker was buried in the churchyard of St James' Episcopal Church in Lancaster.