Elliott, William
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 3, 1838, in Beaufort, S. C. He served as an officer throughout the war in the confederate army; and in 1866 was elected a member of the South Carolina legislature and intendant of Beaufort. He was elected to the fiftieth and fifty-second congresses; received the certificate of election to the fifty-first congress, but was unseated by the house; was given the certificate of election to the fifty-fourth congress, but was unseated June 4, 1896, and the seat given to his republican opponent. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.