Eli P. Ashmun

Eli Porter Ashmun
Senior Senator, Massachusetts
In office 1816-1818
Preceded by	Christopher Gore
Succeeded by	Prentiss Mellen

Born	June 24, 1770 Albany, New York
Died	May 10, 1819
Political party	Federalist

Eli Porter Ashmun (June 24, 1770–May 10, 1819) was a Federalist United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1816 to 1818.

Born in a small village north of Albany, New York on the Hudson River, he attended the local school and attended Middlebury College, graduating in 1807. He was a Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1803–04. He studied law, was admitted to the state bar and began his practice in Blandford, soon moving to Northampton, and was in the Massachusetts Senate from 1808–10. In 1816, he served with the Massachusetts Governor's Council. Following the resignation of Senator Christopher Gore, he was elected to the US Senate, serving from June 12, 1816, to May 10, 1818. He died in 1819 and is interred in Bridge Street Cemetery in Northampton.

Ashmun had one wife, Lucy, who died in 1812 at the age of 37. He was the father of George Ashmun (1804-1870), who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Preceded by Christopher Gore	United States Senator (Class 1) from Massachusetts 1816 – 1818 Served alongside: Joseph B. Varnum, Harrison Gray Otis	Succeeded by Prentiss Mellen