Preceded by William Medill Succeeded by John Cochran Resigned March 3, 1845 Preceded by John Cochran Party Whig Party | Preceded by Val Keffer Role U.S. representative Succeeded by Augustus L. Perrill Name Elias Florence | |
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Succeeded by John Cochran, Samuel Lutz Died November 21, 1880, Muhlenberg Township, Ohio, United States | ||
Elias Florence (February 15, 1797 – November 21, 1880) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, Florence attended the public schools and studied agriculture. He later moved to Ohio and settled in Circleville, Pickaway County. He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1829, 1830, 1834, and 1840, and served in the Ohio Senate in 1835.
Florence was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845). In 1850, he served as member of the State constitutional convention. Thereafter he resumed agricultural pursuits. Florence died in Muhlenberg Township, Ohio, November 21, 1880. He was interred in Forest Cemetery, in Circleville.
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