Elisha Haley | |
Birthname: | Elisha Haley |
Birth Date: | 21 January 1776[1] |
Birth Place: | Groton, Connecticut Colony, British America |
Death Place: | Groton, Connecticut, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Crary Cemetery |
Office: | Member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 3rd congressional district |
Term Start: | March 4, 1837 |
Term End: | March 3, 1839 |
Predecessor1: | At-large representation, districts established in 1837 |
Successor1: | Thomas Wheeler Williams |
Office2: | Member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's At-large District |
Term Start2: | March 4, 1835 |
Term End2: | March 3, 1837 |
Predecessor2: | Joseph Trumbull |
Successor2: | Position abolished, districts establishedin 1837 |
Office3: | Member of the Connecticut Senate |
Term Start3: | 1830 |
Term End3: | |
Office4: | Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives |
Term Start4: | 1820 |
Term End4: | |
Term Start5: | 1824 |
Term End5: | |
Term Start6: | 1826 |
Term End6: | |
Term Start7: | 1829 |
Term End7: | |
Term Start8: | 1833 |
Term End8: | 1834 |
Party: | Jacksonian Democrat |
Spouse: | Nancy Crary |
Elisha Haley (January 21, 1776 – January 22, 1860) was a United States Representative from Connecticut, serving one term from 1835 to 1837.
He was born in Groton in the Connecticut Colony where he attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Haley served in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1820, 1824, 1826, 1829, 1833, and 1834. He was member of the Connecticut Senate in 1830 and also served as a captain in the Connecticut militia.
He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839). In Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Twenty-fifth Congress).
After leaving Congress, he engaged in civil engineering. He died in Groton, Connecticut, in 1860 and was buried in Crary Cemetery.