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(December 29, 1817 — March 22, 1893) Saulsbury was an American politician and lawyer. Eli Sauisbury was born in Kent County, Delaware and attended school in Pennsylvania. Saulsbury was part of a political family, he was the brother of Willard Saulsbury, who served as a Senator, and uncle of Williard Saulsbury, Jr., who also served in Congress. Eli Saulsbury served in the Delaware State House of Representatives from 1853-1854. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-Second Congress, and was reelected the following term. He served in the United States Senate from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1889. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000072]
Member of Delaware Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.
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