Elias Earle

Elias Earle
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina
In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821
Preceded by	John Taylor
Succeeded by	John Wilson
Constituency	7th district
In office March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815
Preceded by	Lemuel J. Alston
Succeeded by	John Taylor
Constituency	7th district (1813–1815) 8th district (1811–1813)
In office March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807
Preceded by	John B. Earle
Succeeded by	Lemuel J. Alston
Constituency	8th district
Member of the South Carolina Senate
In office 1800
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
In office 1794–1797
Personal details
Born	(1762-06-19)June 19, 1762 Frederick County, Virginia Colony, British America
Died	May 19, 1822(1822-05-19) (aged 59) Centerville, South Carolina, U.S.
Resting place	Greenville, South Carolina
Political party	Democratic-Republican (1823–1825)
Other political affiliations	Jacksonian (after 1825)
Profession	Ironmaster
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Elias Earle (June 19, 1762 – May 19, 1823) was a United States representative from South Carolina. Born in Frederick County in the Colony of Virginia, he attended private school and moved to Greenville County, South Carolina, in September 1787. He was one of the earliest ironmasters of the South, and prospected and negotiated in the iron region of Georgia.

Earle was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1794 to 1797 and was a member of the South Carolina Senate in 1800. He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth Congress (March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807), was elected to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses (March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815), and was again elected to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821). He died in Centerville, South Carolina, in 1823; interment was in Old Earle Cemetery, Buncombe Road, Greenville, South Carolina.^[1]