Background
Taft, Elihu Barber was born on March 25, 1847 in Williston, Vermont, United States. Son of Eleazer and Ellen Maria (Barber) Taft.
Taft, Elihu Barber was born on March 25, 1847 in Williston, Vermont, United States. Son of Eleazer and Ellen Maria (Barber) Taft.
Education common schools, Williston Academy, University of Vermont, Bachelor of Arts, 1871, A.M., 1875.
Admitted to bar, April 1, 1873. In practice ever since. School commissioner, alderman and city attorney, in all 13 years, Burlington, Vermont.
State senator, 1888-1890. Delaware Universal Congress Lawyers and Jurists, St. Louis, 1904. Universalist.
Member Botany; Clubs: Algonquin.
Married Williston, Vermont, April.