Elijah Risley (May 7, 1787 – January 9, 1870) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
New York
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Born in
Connecticut
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, Risley completed preparatory studies before moving to
Fredonia, New York
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, in 1807, where he engaged in
mercantile
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pursuits. Risley was the
sheriff
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of
Chautauqua County, New York
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from 1825 to 1828, and later became supervisor of the town of
Pomfret
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in 1835.
From 1833 to 1853, he engaged in the culture of garden seeds.
Risley was elected as a
Whig to the
Thirty-first Congress on March 4, 1849, and served until March 3, 1851. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1850. He was also a
Major General in the State militia.
Risley died in
Fredonia, New York
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on January 9, 1870, and was interred in the
East Main Street Cemetery.
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1787 births
1870 deaths
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
People from Fredonia, New York
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives