Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Huntington, Elisha Mills

HUNTINGTON, Elisha Mills, jurist, b. in Otsego County, N. Y., 26 March, 1806; d. in St. Paul, Minn., 26 Oct., 1862. He removed to Vigo county, Ind., in 1822 and was admitted to the bar in that state. In 1829 he was appointed by the legislature prosecuting attorney of his circuit, and in 1831 was elected a member of the legislature. On leaving the legislature after two re-elections, he was chosen president-judge of his circuit, and in 1841 was appointed commissioner of the general land-office at Washington. In May, 1842, he was appointed a judge of the U.S. district court for Indiana, which office he held until his death.