Elias Florence, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetElias Florence
American politician
Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1797
Place of Birth: Fauquier County, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 21-Nov-1880
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Elias Florence
- Elias Florence (February 15, 1797 – November 21, 1880) was a U.S.
- Representative from Ohio. Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, Florence attended the public schools and studied agriculture.
- He later moved to Ohio and settled in Circleville, Pickaway County.
- He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1829, 1830, 1834, and 1840, and served in the Ohio Senate in 1835. Florence was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845).
- In 1850, he served as member of the State constitutional convention.
- Thereafter he resumed agricultural pursuits.
- Florence died in Muhlenberg Township, Ohio, November 21, 1880.
- He was interred in Forest Cemetery, in Circleville.
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