Elisha I. Winter

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Elisha I. Winter (July 15, 1781 – June 30, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in New York City, Winter moved about 1806 to that portion of the township of Peru, Clinton County, which was later included in the township of Ausable, and engaged in mining ore. He was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815),an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1814 to the Fourteenth Congress, but moved to a farm near Lexington, Kentucky, and engaged as a planter. He was also instrumental in building the first railroad in that locality, and subsequently became president of the Lexington &amp. Ohio Railroad. His death occurred in Lexington, Kentucky, June 30, 1849 and was interred in Lexington Cemetery.

External links

Elisha I. Winter at Find a Grave

Source

Elisha I. Winter at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Arunah Metcalf	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 12th congressional district 1813 - 1815 with Zebulon R. Shipherd	Succeeded by John Savage, Asa Adgate

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Name	Winter, Elisha I
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	July 15, 1781
Place of birth
Date of death	June 30, 1849
Place of death

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