OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Stephen Benton Elkins

BORN:
September 26, 1841;
New Lexington, Ohio

DIED:
January 4, 1911 (age 69)
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Masonic College
University of Missouri, Columbia (BA)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1873-1877:
U.S. House of Representatives (R-NM)
1891-1893:
U.S. Secretary of War
1895-1911:
U.S. Senator (R-WV)

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Papers (West Virginia University)
U.S. Army
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

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