Albert H. Ellis

Albert Harman Ellis was an American Democratic politician and farmer from Oklahoma.
Ellis, born in Indiana on December 17, 1861, came to Oklahoma as a homesteader, participating in the Land Run of 1893 that opened the Cherokee Outlet for settlement. Ellis settled in present-day Garfield County southwest of Hayward.
Ellis was a member of the fourth Territorial Legislature of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, and served as speaker pro tempore of the Oklahoma [House of Representatives] in the first Legislature of Oklahoma. He was defeated for reelection to the House by three votes. Ellis County, Oklahoma is named for him. Ellis died on June 18, 1950.