Elisha I. Winter
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Elisha I. Winter (July 15, 1781 – June 30, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Born in
Au Sable
. While living in Clinton County he became involved in mining iron ore from a location known as the Winter Ore Bed.
He was elected as a
Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815). Winter was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1814 to the Fourteenth
Congress.
He later moved to a farm near Lexington, Kentucky, and became a planter and was active in other ventures, including ownership of a general store. He was also instrumental in building the first railroad in that locality, and subsequently became president of the Lexington and Ohio Railroad. Winter was a slave owner.[1]
Winter died in Lexington, Kentucky on June 30, 1849 and was interred in Lexington Cemetery.
References
- ^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer; Blanco, Adrian; Dominguez, Leo. "More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
External links
Sources
- United States Congress. "Elisha I. Winter (id: W000644)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
