Background
Shorter, Eli Sims was born on March 15, 1823 in Monticello, Georgia, United States.
United States representative lawyer politician
Shorter, Eli Sims was born on March 15, 1823 in Monticello, Georgia, United States.
Born in Monticello, Georgia, Shorter attended the common schools and was graduated in law from Yale College in 1844.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Eufaula, Alabama, in 1844. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits. Shorter was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859).
He resumed the practice of law in Eufaula, Alabama.
During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army as colonel of the 18th Regiment Alabama Infantry. He died in Eufaula, Alabama, April 29, 1879.
He was interred in Fairview Cemetery.
Member United States House