Elisha D. Cullen

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Elisha Dickerson Cullen, (April 23, 1799February 8, 1862) was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the American Party, who served as U. S. Representative from Delaware.

Cullen was born in Millsboro, Sussex County, Del., April 23, 1799; attended Princeton College; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Georgetown, Del; elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 4, 1857); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Georgetown, Del., on February 8, 1862; interment in the Presbyterian Churchyard, Lewes, Del.

Political offices
Preceded by
George R. Riddle
U.S. Representative from Delaware
(at-large)

March 4, 1855March 4, 1857
Succeeded by
William G. Whiteley

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