Ellis, Powhatan
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born about 1794, in Virginia. He became one of the judges of the supreme court of that state; in 1825 was appointed to a seat in the United States senate, but was displaced by the legislature. In 1827, however, the legislature elected him a senator in congress, where he served until 1833, after which he was appointed United States judge for the district of Mississippi. In 1836 he was appointed charge d'affaires to Mexico; and in 1839 minister to that republic. He died about 1844.