Background
Ela, Jacob Hart was born on July 18, 1820 in Rochetser, New Hampshire, United States.
United States representative politician
Ela, Jacob Hart was born on July 18, 1820 in Rochetser, New Hampshire, United States.
Born in Rochester, New Hampshire, Ela attended the village school in Rochester. At fourteen years of age he was apprenticed in a woolen manufactory and subsequently learned the printer"s trade.
Elected as a Republican to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses, Ela served as United States Representative for the 1st congressional district or the state of New Hampshire (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1871). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Forty-first Congress). Ela was appointed by President Grant as Fifth Auditor of the Treasury on January 1, 1872, and served until June 2, 1881.
On June 3, 1881, he was appointed Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department and served in that position until his death.
Ela died in Washington, District of Columbia, on August 21, 1884 (age 64 years, 34 days). He is interred at Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire.
Ela served as member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1857 and 1858 and as United States marshal from July 1861 to October 1866.