John Milton Elliott
Born: May 16, 1820
Birthplace: Scott County, Virginia
Father: John Lisle Elliott 1794 – 1855
(Buried: Elliott Family Cemetery, The Ridge, Kentucky)
Mother: Jane Ritchie 1795 – 1870
(Buried: Elliott Family Cemetery, The Ridge, Kentucky)
Wife: Susan Jane Smith 1834 – 1912
(Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
1841: Graduated from Emory and Henry College
Occupation before War:
1843 – 1853: Attorney in Prestonsburg, Kentucky
1847: Kentucky State Representative
1853 – 1859: United States Congressman from Kentucky
1853 – 1855: Member of House Revolutionary Claims Committee
1855 – 1857: Member of House Public Expenditures Committee
1857 – 1859: Chairman of House Public Expenditures Committee
1858: Choose not to be a candidate for re-nomination to U.S. Congress.
1859 – 1861: Attorney in Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Kentucky Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress
1861 – 1862: Fought unsuccessfully the laws delegating the President the power to strip outlying areas of their local defense troops.
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from Kentucky
1862 – 1864: Chairman of House Enrolled Bills Committee
1862 – 1865: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee
1862 – 1864: Chairman of Joint Engrossment and Enrollment Committee
1864 – 1865: Member of House Post Offices and Post Roads Committee
1864: Not in favor of imposing heavy taxes, he felt this would deprive refugee Kentuckians of much of their remaining wealth.
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1868: Attorney in Prestonsburg, Kentucky
1868 – 1874: Circuit Court Judge in the State of Kentucky
1876 – 1879: Justice of Kentucky State Court of Appeals
Died: March 26, 1879
Place of Death: Ladies entrance to the Capitol Hotel, Frankfort, Kentucky
Cause of Death: Killed by Colonel Thomas Buford
Age at time of Death: 58 years old
Burial Place: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky
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