Robert Brown Elliott | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 3rd district | |
In office March 4, 1871 – November 1, 1874 | |
Preceded by | Solomon L. Hoge |
Succeeded by | Lewis C. Carpenter |
South Carolina Attorney General | |
In office December 14, 1876 – May 29, 1877 | |
Governor | Contested between Daniel Henry Chamberlain and Wade Hampton III |
Preceded by | Samuel W. Melton |
Succeeded by | James Conner |
28th Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives | |
In office November 24, 1874 – April 14, 1876 | |
Governor | Franklin I. Moses, Jr. Daniel Henry Chamberlain |
Preceded by | Samuel J. Lee |
Succeeded by | William Henry Wallace / Edmund William McGregor Mackey disputed[1] |
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Aiken County | |
In office November 24, 1874 – April 14, 1876 | |
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Barnwell County | |
In office November 24, 1868 – March 1, 1870 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Liverpool, England, U.K. | August 11, 1842
Died | August 9, 1884 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged 41)
Resting place | St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 |
Political party | Republican |
Profession | lawyer, civil servant |
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Years of service | 1869–1871 |
Rank | Commanding General |
Battles/wars | Reconstruction |
Robert Brown Elliott (August 11, 1842 – August 9, 1884) was a British-born American politician of British Afro-Caribbean ethnic background. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina, serving from 1871 to 1874.