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Ellis Phelan

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Ellis Phelan
20th Secretary of State of Alabama
In office
1882–1885
GovernorEdward A. O'Neal
Preceded byWilliam W. Screws
Succeeded byCharles C. Langdon
Personal details
BornAugust 11, 1843
DiedAugust 5, 1897(1897-08-05) (aged 53)
Political partyDemocratic

Ellis Phelan (1843–1897) served as the 20th Secretary of State of Alabama from 1882 to 1885.

Phelan graduated from the University of Alabama then entered the Confederate States Army. He was clerk of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1870 to 1877 and in 1890, he was elected circuit judge.

He married his first wife in 1870 and married his second wife in 1884.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Alabama Department of Archives and History: Alabama Constitutional Officers-- Ellis Phelan". Archives.alabama.gov. Retrieved 16 January 2019.