Albert Gallatin Ellis was a politician and newspaper publisher and editor in Wisconsin.
Ellis was born in Verona, New York in 1800.[1] An Episcopalian missionary, Ellis moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory with member of the Oneida people to establish a colony and a school. He later became involved in the Public Land Survey System before becoming a publisher of the Green Bay Intelligencer, the first newspaper west of Lake Michigan. In 1852, Ellis moved to Stevens Point, Wisconsin, where he worked with the General Land Office and became a Surveyor General, as well as once again became a newspaper publisher, eventually becoming an editor. Ellis passed away in 1885. His son, F. S. Ellis, would become Mayor of Green Bay.[2]
In 1836 and again from 1841 to 1844, Ellis was a member of the Wisconsin Territorial House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature. After Wisconsin's admission to the Union, Ellis served as Mayor of Stevens Point. He was a Democrat.