Preceded by Charles Tait Succeeded by John M. Berrien | Name John Elliott Resigned March 3, 1825 Education Yale University | |
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Born October 24, 1773
Liberty County, Georgia ( 1773-10-24 ) Children Hester Amarintha Elliott
Corinne Elliott
Susan Ann Elliott
Georgia Amanda Elliott
Charles William Elliott
Daniel Stewart Elliott Role Former United States Senator Died August 9, 1827, Liberty County, Georgia, United States Party Democratic-Republican Party | ||
Previous office Senator (GA) 1819–1825 Political party Democratic-Republican | ||
John Elliott (October 24, 1773 – August 9, 1827) was a United States Senator from Georgia, serving from 1819 to 1825.
Elliott graduated from Yale University in 1794 and returned to Georgia to practice law. He was elected to the Senate after holding several local offices.
Through his first wife Esther Dunwoody, he was the father of Hester Amarintha "Hettie" Elliott (1797–1831) and Corinne Elliott. Hettie was the first wife of Major James Stephens Bulloch (1793–1849) and mother of Civil War Confederate veteran James Dunwoody Bulloch (1823–1901).
Senator Elliott was also the first husband of Martha "Patsy" Stewart (1799—1864), daughter of General Daniel Stewart and Sarah Susannah Oswald. John and Patsy had four children:
After his death, Patsy married Major Bulloch in May 8, 1832 and had four children, including Martha "Mittie" Bulloch (1835–1884) and Civil War Confederate veteran Irvine Stephens Bulloch (1842–1898). Mittie was the mother of US President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) and Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (1860–1894), who was the father of First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962).
In 1820, he owned 115 slaves in Liberty County, Georgia. In 1830, his estate owned 117 slaves.