Ellen Maria Colfax

Ellen Maria Colfax
Second Lady of the United States
In office
March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1873
Preceded by Eliza Johnson
Succeeded by Eliza Hendricks
Personal details
Born July 26, 1836
Andover, Ohio, U.S.
Died March 4, 1911 (aged 74)
South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Spouse(s) Schuyler Colfax
(1868–1885; his death)

Ellen Maria Wade Colfax (July 26, 1836 – March 4, 1911) was the second wife of Schuyler Colfax, who became the first House Speaker to be elected Vice President when he ran on a ticket headed by Ulysses S. Grant in 1868. She was born at Andover, Ohio in 1836.[1]

On November 18, 1868, just two weeks after the election, Ellen Maria Wade married the man who had defeated her uncle, Senator Benjamin Franklin Wade of Ohio, in the race for the Republican vice presidential nomination. They had one son, Schuyler Colfax III, in April 1870.[2] She died at her home in South Bend, Indiana in 1911 after a period of poor health, on the 42nd anniversary of her husband's assumption of the vice-presidency.[3] She was survived by her son Schuyler Colfax III.[4][5] Her funeral was held March 7, 1911 at the Colfax home, and she was buried next to her husband.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mrs. Colfax.", Fort Wayne News, Saturday, March 04, 1911, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States Of America
  2. ↑ http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Schuyler_Colfax.htm
  3. ↑ "Mrs. Ellen Colfax Dead", Ardmore Daily Ardmoreite, Sunday, March 05, 1911, Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States Of America
  4. ↑ "Mrs. Ellen Colfax Dead", Goshen Democrat, Tuesday, March 07, 1911, Goshen, Indiana, United States Of America
  5. ↑ "Mrs. Colfax Dies at Advanced Age", Fort Wayne Sentinel, Saturday, March 04, 1911, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States Of America
  6. ↑ "Mrs. Colfax Buried", Richmond Morning News, Wednesday, March 08, 1911, Richmond, Indiana, United States Of America
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Eliza Johnson		 Second Lady of the United States
1869–1873 		Succeeded by
Eliza Hendricks