Hubert S. Ellis

American politician

Hubert S. Ellis

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 4th district
In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949
Preceded by	George W. Johnson
Succeeded by	Maurice G. Burnside

Personal details
Born	(1887-06-06)June 6, 1887 Hurricane, West Virginia
Died	December 3, 1959(1959-12-03) (aged 72) Huntington, West Virginia
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Marshall University
Occupation	businessman

Hubert Summers Ellis (July 6, 1887 – December 3, 1959) was a Republican United States Representative, banker and salesman from Huntington, West Virginia.^[1] He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses (January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1949).

Ellis was born in Hurricane, Putnam County, West Virginia in 1887. He attended the public schools and Marshall College in Huntington, West Virginia. He worked in banking and as a salesman from 1910 to 1917 and in the general insurance business in 1920. He served in World War I from 1917 - 1919 as a first lieutenant in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Field Artillery, Forty-second Division. He was elected to the House in 1942 and served three consecutive terms until 1949. His candidacies in 1948 and 1950 were unsuccessful. He was subsequently appointed West Virginia director for the Federal Housing Administration on February 2, 1954, and resigned on February 10, 1958. He died in Huntington on December 3, 1959, and is buried in Woodmere Cemetery.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
ELLIS, Hubert Summers Online. September 9, 2007.

^ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard". Retrieved 2008-11-28.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by George W. Johnson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 4th congressional district 1943–1949	Succeeded by Maurice G. Burnside

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia

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West Virginia's delegation(s) to the 78th–80th United States Congress (ordered by seniority)

78th	Senate: ▌H. Kilgore (D) ▌C. Revercomb (R)	House: ▌J. Smith (D) ▌J. Kee (D) ▌J. Randolph (D) ▌A. C. Schiffler (R) ▌H. Ellis (R) ▌E. Rohrbough (D)
79th	Senate: ▌H. Kilgore (D) ▌C. Revercomb (R)	House: ▌J. Kee (D) ▌J. Randolph (D) ▌M. Neely (D) ▌H. Ellis (R) ▌C. Bailey (D) ▌E. Hedrick (D)
80th	Senate: ▌H. Kilgore (D) ▌C. Revercomb (R)	House: ▌J. Kee (D) ▌H. Ellis (R) ▌E. Hedrick (D) ▌E. Rohrbough (R) ▌F. Love (R) ▌M. Snyder (R)