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American politician
Elisha E. Meredith
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In office
December 9, 1891 ? March 3, 1897
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Preceded by
| William H. F. Lee
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Succeeded by
| John F. Rixey
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In office
December 5, 1883 ? December 7, 1887
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Preceded by
| Francis L. Smith
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Succeeded by
| R. Walton Moore
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Born
| Elisha Edward Meredith
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1848-12-26
)
December 26, 1848
Sumter
,
Alabama
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U.S.
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Died
| July 29, 1900
(1900-07-29)
(aged 51)
Manassas
,
Virginia
, U.S.
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Resting place
| Manassas Cemetery
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Political party
| Democratic
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Alma mater
| Hampden?Sydney College
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Profession
| lawyer
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Elisha Edward Meredith
(December 26, 1848 ? July 29, 1900) was a
U.S. Representative
from
Virginia
.
Biography
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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.
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Meredith was elected as a
Democrat
to the
Fifty-second
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
William H.F. Lee
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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.
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This article incorporates
public domain material
from the
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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