Ela, Jacob H
journalist, congressman, was born July 18, 1820, in Rochester, N. H. He established and edited the Herald of Freedom, and also participated in establishing the Independent Democrat.
In 1857-58 he was a member of the state legislature, and filled several other state offices. In 1861 he was appointed United States marshal for his state, holding the office until 1866. He was elected a representative from New Hampshire to the fortieth and forty-first congresses; and in 1872 was appointed fifth auditor of the United States treasury; and in 1881 was appointed sixth auditor of the treasury.