Dearborn County IN Archives Photo Person.....Holliday, Elias Selah 
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Name:               Elias Selah Holliday
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HOLLIDAY, Elias Selah, (1842 - 1936) 

”Around the Capital” (detail), engraving, Thomas Fleming, 1902, Collection of 
U.S. House of Representatives 

HOLLIDAY, Elias Selah, a Representative from Indiana; born in Aurora, Dearborn 
County, Ind., March 5, 1842; spent the early part of his life on farms in 
Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa; attended the common schools and taught in the 
public schools in Iowa; during the Civil War enlisted in the Fifth Kansas 
Regiment and served until August 12, 1864, when he was mustered out with the 
rank of first sergeant; attended Hartsville College, Bartholomew County, Ind.; 
engaged in teaching in Jennings County, Ind.; studied law at Mount Vernon, 
Ind.; was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Carbon, Clay 
County, Ind.; moved to Brazil, Ind., in 1874; mayor of Brazil 1877-1880, 1887, 
and 1888; city attorney in 1884; member of the city council 1892-1896; elected 
as a Republican to the Fifty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses 
(March 4, 1901-March 3, 1909); was not a candidate for renomination in 1908; 
reengaged in the practice of law in Brazil until 1922; died in Brazil, Ind., 
March 13, 1936; interment in Cottage Hill Cemetery. 


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