Samuel S. Ellsworth

Samuel Stewart Ellsworth was an American politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1845 to 1847.

Biography

Born in Pownal, Vermont, Ellsworth attended the common schools.
He moved to Penn Yan, New York, in 1819 and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Supervisor of Milo, Yates County from 1824 to 1828.
He served as judge of Yates County from 1824 to 1829.
He served in the State assembly in 1840.

Congress

Ellsworth was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress.

Death

He died in Penn Yan, New York, June 4, 1863.
He was interred in Lake View Cemetery.