14 Facts About Elisha Whittlesey

Elisha Whittlesey was an American politician, lawyer, civil servant and a US Representative from Ohio.

Elisha Whittlesey attended the common schools at Danbury, and studied law there.

Elisha Whittlesey was admitted to the bar of Fairfield County and practiced in Danbury and Fairfield County.

Elisha Whittlesey moved to Canfield, Ohio, in 1806, where he practiced law and taught school.

Elisha Whittlesey served as military and private secretary to Gen.

Elisha Whittlesey served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1820 and 1821.

Elisha Whittlesey was elected to the Eighteenth through Twenty-second Congresses, elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third Congress, and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4,1823, to July 9,1838, when he resigned.

Elisha Whittlesey was one of the founders of the Whig Party.

Elisha Whittlesey served as chairman of the Committee on Claims.

Elisha Whittlesey was Sixth Auditor of the Treasury from March 18,1841, until December 18,1843, when he resigned and resumed the practice of law in Canfield.

Elisha Whittlesey was appointed general agent of the Washington Monument Association in 1847.

Elisha Whittlesey was appointed by President Zachary Taylor as First Comptroller of the Treasury and served from May 31,1849, to March 26,1857, when he was removed by President James Buchanan.

Elisha Whittlesey was reappointed by President Abraham Lincoln April 10,1861, and served until his death in Washington, DC, January 7,1863.

Elisha Whittlesey was interred in the Canfield Village Cemetery, Canfield, Ohio.