Elisha E. Meredith (original) (raw)
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American politician
| Elisha E. Meredith | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom Virginia's 8th district | |
| In officeDecember 9, 1891 – March 3, 1897 | |
| Preceded by | William H. F. Lee |
| Succeeded by | John F. Rixey |
| Member of the Virginia Senatefrom the 14th district | |
| In officeDecember 5, 1883 – December 7, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | Francis L. Smith |
| Succeeded by | R. Walton Moore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elisha Edward Meredith(1848-12-26)December 26, 1848Sumter, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | July 29, 1900(1900-07-29) (aged 51)Manassas, Virginia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Manassas Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Hampden–Sydney College |
| Profession | lawyer |
Elisha Edward Meredith (December 26, 1848 – July 29, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Born in Sumter County, Alabama, Meredith attended Hampden–Sydney College, Virginia. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in Prince William County. He served as prosecuting attorney for Prince William County 1876-1883. He served as member of the Senate of Virginia in 1883–1887.
In 1891 E. E. Meredith and Robert R. Campbell were the court appointed attorneys for Joseph Dye and Lee R. Heflin, white farm workers, who were tried for the murder of a white Fauquier County, Virginia, family (a widow and her three young children) during a robbery. The killers attempted to cover up their crime by burning the house. After the two killers were convicted and sentenced to death they were taken from sheriff’s deputies transporting them to another jail and lynched in Prince William County, Virginia.[1]
Meredith was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William H.F. Lee. He was reelected to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses and served from December 9, 1891, to March 3, 1897. He resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Manassas, Virginia, on July 29, 1900. He was interred in Manassas Cemetery.
- ^ "The forgotten lynchings of 1892". fauquier.com. April 26, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- United States Congress. "Elisha E. Meredith (id: M000647)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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| Preceded byWilliam H. F. Lee | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th congressional district 1891–1897 | Succeeded byJohn F. Rixey |
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