Ela Collins (February 14, 1786 Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut – November 23, 1848 Lowville, Lewis County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Collins was the son of Gen. Oliver Collins (1762–1838) and Lois (Cole) Collins (b. 1761). He attended Clinton Academy. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Lowville in 1807. On July 11, 1811, he married Maria Clinton (1791–1871), and they had eleven children, among them Congressman William Collins and Harriet Anne (Collins) Herron (1833–1901).
He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1814-15. He was District Attorney of the Eighth District (comprising Lewis, Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties from 1815 to 1818, and of Lewis County from 1818 to 1840. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821.
Collins was elected as a Crawford Democratic-Republican to the 18th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1825.
He was buried at the Jackson Street Cemetery in Lowville.
His daughter Harriet married John Williamson Herron (1827–1912), and they had eleven children, among them First Lady Helen Herron Taft.
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| Preceded by David Woodcock, William B. Rochester |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 20th congressional district 1823–1825 with Egbert Ten Eyck |
Succeeded by Egbert Ten Eyck, Nicoll Fosdick |