Biography

03/02/1816 - 10/29/1880

William Elliott, (R6) Philadelphia County 1878-1880

Early Life: 

William Elliott, born Ireland, March 2, 1816; graduated, Goodfellow’s Private School, 1832; marble-cutter; tax collector, city of Philadelphia; prison inspector, Philadelphia (1852-1854); elected, delegate, National Republican Convention, Chicago (1860); member, Philadelphia Gas Trust; elected, common council, city of Philadelphia (1866); elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1870 term; reelected, 1871, 1872 and 1873 terms; elected, Speaker (1872-1873); not a candidate for reelection, (1873); elected, sheriff, Philadelphia County (1873-1876); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1878-1880); wife, four daughters and one son, died while in office of the Senate, Bright's disease; residence; October 29, 1880 city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Philadelphia Gas Trust.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, delegate, National Republican Convention, Chicago, 1860.

Elected, common council, city of Philadelphia, 1866.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1870 term; reelected, 1871, 1872 and 1873 terms; elected, Speaker (1872-1873); not a candidate for reelection, 1873.

Elected, sheriff, Philadelphia County, 1873-1876.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate 6^th district, Philadelphia County, 1878-1880, member, Banks, Corporations and New Counties and County Seats Committees.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=6732&body=H

Cited: 

Smull’s Legislative Hand Book, (1879) Smull, J.A., Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 662, 704 and 710-712.