Appointed by John Tyler Name Elisha Huntington Preceded by Jesse Lynch Holman Political party Whig Party | Appointed by John Tyler Succeeded by Thomas H. Blake Preceded by James Whitcomb Resting place Terre Haute | |
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Born March 29, 1806
Butternuts, New York ( 1806-03-29 ) Died October 26, 1862, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States | ||
Elisha Mills Huntington (March 29, 1806 – October 26, 1862) was an American lawyer, politician, prosecutor, judge and federal jurist.
Born in Butternuts, New York, Huntington moved to Terre Haute, Indiana to join his older brother Nathaniel Huntington. He read law and was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1827 on his 21st birthday. "Lish," as he was known, was in private practice in Terre Haute commencing in 1827. While residing in Terre Haute, he was a prosecutor for Indiana's 7th Circuit from 1830-32. He returned to private practrice and was an Indiana state representative from 1832-33. He became a presiding judge of Indiana's 7th Circuit from 1837–41, and later was appointed Commissioner of the U.S. Land Office in Washington, D.C., serving from 1841-42. On April 26, 1842, Huntington was nominated by President John Tyler to a seat as the sole judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana, vacated by Jesse L. Holman. Huntington was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 2, 1842, receiving his commission the same day. While serving as judge, he moved for a few years to Perry County, Indiana, where he assisted his brother-in-law Hamilton Smith in the management and operation of the Cannelton Cotton Mill. After his second wife, Susan Rudd Fitzhugh, died in 1853, he returned to reside in Terre Haute. He died at age 56 on October 26, 1862 in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he had been hospitalized in an attempt to recover from long-time pulmonary disorder.