Eli Sims Shorter
American politician
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| Intro | American politician | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Politician Lawyer | |
| Work field | Law Politics | |
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| Birth | 15 March 1823, Jasper County, Georgia, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 29 April 1879Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama, U.S.A. (aged 56 years) | |
| Star sign | Pisces | |
| Politics: | Democratic Party |
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Eli Sims Shorter (March 15, 1823 – April 29, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Monticello, Georgia, Shorter attended the common schools and was graduated in law from Yale College in 1844. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Eufaula, Alabama, in 1844. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Shorter was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). He resumed the practice of law in Eufaula, Alabama. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army as colonel of the 18th Regiment Alabama Infantry. He died in Eufaula, Alabama, April 29, 1879. He was interred in Fairview Cemetery.