Background
Elliott, James Douglas was born on October 7, 1859 in Mount Sterling, Illinois, United States. Son of William and Mary (McPhail) Elliott.
Elliott, James Douglas was born on October 7, 1859 in Mount Sterling, Illinois, United States. Son of William and Mary (McPhail) Elliott.
Educated in high school and under private tutelage. Taught school, 1878-1881. Read law in the office of Gamble Brothers, Yankton, South Dakot.
Doctor of Laws, Yankton College, 1927.
Was admitted to South Dakota bar, April 1884, and practiced at Tyndall, 1884-1910. Counsel for C.,M.& St.P. R.R. for N. and South Dakot, Aberdeen, 1910-1911. State’s attorney, Bon Homme Company, South Dakot, 1887-1891.
Chairman Republican State Central Committee, 1896. United States atty District of South Dakot, 1897-1907. United States district judge, District of South Dakot, since 1911.
Member, Mason.
Married Agnes S. Stilwill, May 29, 1890. Children: Marion Agnes (Mistress Willard Johnson), Douglas S., Mary Helen (Mistress Homer D. Cogdell).