Elijah Steele

Elijah Steele
Judge of the California Superior Court for Siskiyou County
In office November 1879 – June 27, 1883
Succeeded by	E. Shearer
Member of the California State Assembly from the Siskiyou County district
In office December 2, 1867 – December 6, 1869 Serving with John A. Fairchild
Preceded by	Thomas H. Steele and J. K. Luttrell
Succeeded by	William Shores and R. M. Martin
Member of the Wisconsin Senate from the 16th district
In office January 7, 1850 – January 1851
Preceded by	Christopher Latham Sholes
Succeeded by	Orson S. Head
Personal details
Born	(1817-11-13)November 13, 1817 Watervliet, New York, U.S.
Died	June 27, 1883(1883-06-27) (aged 65) Yreka, California, U.S.
Resting place	Evergreen Cemetery, Yreka, California
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Lucia Hart ​ ​ (m. 1843; died 1853)​ Louisa B. Hamblin ​ ​ (m. 1858; died 1866)​ Louisa Lanze ​ ​ (m. 1875; died 1883)​
Relatives	William Steele (brother)

Elijah Steele (November 13, 1817 – June 27, 1883) was an American attorney, jurist, Indian agent, and pioneer of Wisconsin and Northern California.^[1][2] He served as a delegate to Wisconsin's first constitutional convention, and was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the California State Assembly. For the last four years of his life, he was a California superior court judge.