James Thomas Elliott was a United States Representative for the state of Arkansas. He held the position for forty-nine days in 1869.
James Elliott, United States Representative from Arkansas' 2nd congressional district
U.S. Representative James Thomas Elliott's son, William Sells Elliott; William ran the Elliott Grocery Store on family land located outside of Camden, Arkansas. The Elliott family lost three of their four children.
The Elliott House was built in Camden by U.S. Representative James Thomas Elliott. During the American Civil War, the house was requisitioned by Union General Frederick Salomon and housed, simultaneously, Elliott's own Confederate family and the war photographer Mathew Brady.
Daughters of Augusta and James Thomas Elliott, Belle and Emmaline, died the same day of yellow fever
James M. Hinds was the first U.S. Congressman assassinated in office. He served as member of the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas from June 24, 1868 until his assassination by the Ku Klux Klan. Hinds, who was white, was an advocate of civil rights for black former slaves during the Reconstruction era following the American Civil War.
James M. Hinds