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ELLIOTT, Alfred James

1895 – 1973

Overview
Biography
Congresses
Bibliography
Research Collections

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives About this object

US Congresses Served
75th – 80th(1937 – 1949)
House Years of Service
1937 – 1949
State / Territory
California
Position
Representative
Party
Democrat

Overview

US Congresses Served
75th – 80th(1937 – 1949)
House Years of Service
1937 – 1949
State / Territory
California
Position
Representative
Party
Democrat

Biography

ELLIOTT, Alfred James, a Representative from California; born in Guinda, Yolo County, Calif., June 1, 1895; moved with his parents to Winters, Calif., in 1901 and to Tulare, Calif., in 1910; attended the public schools; engaged in farming and livestock raising; owned and published a newspaper; chairman of the board of supervisors of Tulare County 1933-1937; served on the California State Safety Council in 1936; member of the California Supervisor Association of the State welfare board in 1935 and 1936; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress, by special election May 4, 1937, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry E. Stubbs; reelected to the five succeeding Congresses and served from May 4, 1937, to January 3, 1949; was not a candidate for renomination in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; was president of Tulare Daily News; farmer and livestock breeder; retired in 1965 and resided in Tulare, Calif., until his death there January 17, 1973; interment in Tulare Cemetery.

Congresses

CongressPositionPartyStateElectionSwornStart
75
Representative
Democrat
California
05/04/1937
06/07/1937
06/07/1937
76
Representative
Democrat
California
01/03/1939
01/03/1939
77
Representative
Democrat
California
01/03/1941
01/03/1941
78
Representative
Democrat
California
01/06/1943
01/03/1943
79
Representative
Democrat
California
01/03/1945
01/03/1945
80
Representative
Democrat
California
01/03/1947
01/03/1947

The 75th United States Congress

The 76th United States Congress

The 77th United States Congress

The 78th United States Congress

The 79th United States Congress

The 80th United States Congress

Bibliography

Extended Bibliography
Huddleston, Eugene L. "Indians and Literature of the Federalist Era: The Case of James Elliot." New England Quarterly 44 (June 1971): 221-37.

Research Collections

Wisconsin Historical Society

Archives Division
Madison, Wisconsin
Papers:
In the Raymond Robins Papers, 1878-1954, 19.8 cubic feet.
The papers include documentation regarding work in the Young Men's Christian Association with A. J. Elliott.
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