Brookshire - Elijah
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
BROOKSHIRE, Elijah Voorhees, a Representative from Indiana; born near Ladoga, Montgomery County, Ind., August 15, 1856; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Central Indiana Normal College at Ladoga in August 1878; taught in the common schools of Montgomery County, Ind. 1879-1882; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1883 and commenced practice in Crawfordsville the same year; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1894; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1925, and to Seattle, Wash., in 1935, having retired from active law practice in 1925; died in Seattle, Wash., April 14, 1936; interment in Harshbarger Cemetery, near Ladoga, Montgomery County, Ind. - thanks Jeff Scism :)
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Source: Michael, W.H. Congressional Directory Second Edition. January 25, 1890. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1890.
Eighth District Counties - Clay, Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo.
Elijah Voorhees Brookshire, of Crawfordsville, was born near Ladoga, in Montgomery County, Indiana, August 15, 1856; graduated in the scientific course in the Central Indiana Normal College at Ladoga in August 1878; was engaged in farming and school teaching until 1883; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Crawfordsville in that year; and was engaged in thepractice of the law and farming when elected to the Fifty-first Congress, as a Democrat, receiving 23,153 votes, against 23,084 votes for James T. Johnston, Republican, 582 votes for Lewis H. Johnson, Union Labor, and 467 votes for John G. L. Myers, Prohibitionist. - thanks Jeff Scism :)
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Source: 1870 Census Ladoga, Clark Township, Montgomery County, Indiana - Household #298
BROOKSHIRE, Drake 51 Farmer 411,570/2930 NC
Sarah 4 7 NC
Alec M. 22 Ind
Mary L 16 Ind
Elijah V 13 Ind *
Joel 11 Ind
thomas D 8 Ind
Calvin S 5 Ind
Lee 2 male Ind
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Source: Crawfordsville Star, Sept 25, 1884 p 1
EV Brookshire will speak at College Grove school house, Wayne Township Friday evening Sept 26, 1884 at 7:30 p.m. Men and women of all parties are respectfully invited to come and hear what the young man has to say.
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Source: Indianapolis Journal Mon 2 Dec 1889 p 1
Elijah Voorhees Brookshire of Crawfordsville, Eight District was born near Ladoga, Montgomery County Indiana Aug 15, 1856. He graduated in a scientific course in Central Indiana Normal College, Ladoga, August 1878 and engaged in farming and school teaching until 1883, when he studied law and practiced in Crawfordsville. He was elected to the 51st Congress as a Democrat receiving 23,153 votes against 23,084 votes for James F. Johnston, Republican; 582 votes for Lewis H. Johnson, Union Labor and 469 for John G. L. Myers, Prohibitionist.
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Source: Crawfordsville Star, Sept 25, 1884 p 1
E.V. Brookshire had a splendid political meeting at Ladoga on Thursday evening of last week. Gill's hall was crowded with patient and appreciative auditors, and the attention and interest manifested during the evening was certainly a high compliment to the occasion. The men and women of Ladoga deserve to be complimented for the intrest they take in the discussion of political questions.