Eli S. Shorter Explained

State1:Alabama
District1:2nd
Term Start1:March 4, 1855
Term End1:March 3, 1859
Predecessor1:James Abercrombie
Successor1:James L. Pugh
Birth Name:Eli Sims Shorter
Birth Date:March 15, 1823
Birth Place:Monticello, Georgia
Death Place:Eufaula, Alabama
Party:Democratic
Rank: Colonel
Battles:American Civil War
Serviceyears:1861 - 1865
Occupation:Lawyer, Soldier, Politician

Eli Sims Shorter (March 15, 1823 – April 29, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Born in Monticello, Georgia, Shorter attended the common schools and was graduated in law from Yale College in 1844. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Eufaula, Alabama, in 1844. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Shorter was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). He resumed the practice of law in Eufaula, Alabama. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army as colonel of the 18th Regiment Alabama Infantry. He died in Eufaula, Alabama, April 29, 1879. He was interred in Fairview Cemetery.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shorter, Eli Sims . 2023-07-02 . Encyclopedia of Alabama . en-US.