Elijah Voorhees Brookshire

Democrat Representative of Indiana's 8th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

August 15, 1856 (79 years old)

Birthday

April 14, 1936

Death

Served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1889 to 1895.
Worked as a lawyer after being admitted to the bar in 1883.
Engaged in teaching and agricultural pursuits before entering law.
Elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses.
Unsuccessful in seeking reelection for the Fifty-fourth Congress in 1894.
Resumed law practice in Washington, D.C., and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1894.
Moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1925, and later to Seattle, Washington, in 1935.
Retired from active law practice in 1925.
Died on April 14, 1936, and was interred in Harshbarger Cemetery near his birthplace.