Member of Fortieth and Forty-First Congresses from New Hampshire's First District.
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Life Summary
Full name
Jacob Hart Ela
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
0
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
3
Family
Enoch Ela (father), Mary Hart (mother), Abigail Moore Kelley (first wife - died 1879 - three children), Mary Henderson (second wife)
Occupation
Politician
Businessman
Journalist
Other
Other Occupation
Printer
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Republican
Other Affiliations
Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)
Temperance (Prohibition)
Government
Lincoln Administration (1861-65)
Grant Administration (1869-77)
Hayes Administration (1877-81)
