US Congressman. From 1809 to 1815, he was deputy Attorney General for Dauphin County and a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1813 and 1814. In 1814, he was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress but resigned when appointed and commissioned president judge of the twelfth judicial district in 1815. He served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1816 to 1819 and from 1828 to 1829. In 1832, he was nominated as the Anti-Masonic Vice Presidential candidate. The ticket of William Wirt and Ellmaker took 7.8% of the national popular vote and won the state of Vermonta and and received seven electoral votes. Ellmaker sought election to the United States Senate in 1834 but was defeated by James Buchanan.
US Congressman. From 1809 to 1815, he was deputy Attorney General for Dauphin County and a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1813 and 1814. In 1814, he was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress but resigned when appointed and commissioned president judge of the twelfth judicial district in 1815. He served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1816 to 1819 and from 1828 to 1829. In 1832, he was nominated as the Anti-Masonic Vice Presidential candidate. The ticket of William Wirt and Ellmaker took 7.8% of the national popular vote and won the state of Vermonta and and received seven electoral votes. Ellmaker sought election to the United States Senate in 1834 but was defeated by James Buchanan.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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Amos Ellmaker
Born February 2d, 1787
Died November 28, 1851
Mary R. Ellmaker
Widow of Amos Ellmaker
Born December 31, 1799
Died March !5, 1886
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