Ellis Phelan

Ellis Phelan
20th Secretary of State of Alabama
In office
1882–1885
Governor Edward A. O'Neal
Preceded by William W. Screws
Succeeded by Charles C. Langdon
Personal details
Born August 11, 1843
Died August 5, 1897(1897-08-05) (aged 53)
Political party Democratic

Ellis Phelan (1843-1897) served as the 20th Secretary of State of Alabama from 1882 to 1885.

Phelan graduated from the University of Alabama then entered the Confederate States Army. He was clerk of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1870 to 1877 and in 1890, he was elected circuit judge.

He got married to his first wife in 1870 and second wife in 1884.[1]

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