Preceded by Joseph Trumbull Name Elisha Haley Resting place Crary Cemetery Party Jacksonian democracy | Spouse(s) Nancy Crary Resigned March 3, 1839 | |
Preceded by At-large representation, districts established in 1837 Born January 21, 1776
Groton, Connecticut ( 1776-01-21 ) Role Member of the United States House of Representatives Died January 22, 1860, Groton, Connecticut, United States | ||
Political party Jacksonian Democrat Succeeded by Thomas Wheeler Williams | ||
Elisha Haley (January 21, 1776 – January 22, 1860) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Groton, Connecticut 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.