Erastus Wells

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(December 2, 1823 — October 2, 1893) Wells was a businessman and politician. Erastus Wells was born in Jefferson County, New York in 1823 and moved to Missouri in 1842. He helped establish the first omnibus line in St. Louis and inaugurated the first street railroad company. Wells was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877. After serving in Congress, he became President of the Laclede Gas Light Company and served in that capacity from 1880 to 1883. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000282]

Member of Missouri Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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