Background
Haley, Elisha was born on January 21, 1776 in Groton, Connecticut, United States.
Haley, Elisha was born on January 21, 1776 in Groton, Connecticut, United States.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits. Haley served in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1820, 1824, 1826, 1829, 1833, and 1834. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839).
In Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Twenty-fifth Congress).
After leaving Congress, he engaged in civil engineering. He died in Groton, Connecticut in 1860 and was buried in Crary Cemetery.
Jacksonian Democracy, Democratic Party.
He was member of the Connecticut Senate in 1830 and also served as a captain in the Connecticut militia.