Powhatan Ellis

Powhatan Ellis
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Mississippi
In office
July 14, 1832 – January 5, 1836
Appointed byAndrew Jackson
Preceded byPeter Randolph
Succeeded byGeorge Adams
United States Senator
from Mississippi
In office
March 4, 1827 – July 16, 1832
Preceded byThomas Buck Reed
Succeeded byJohn Black
In office
September 28, 1825 – January 28, 1826
Appointed byWalter Leake
Preceded byDavid Holmes
Succeeded byThomas Buck Reed
Personal details
Born
Powhatan Ellis

(1790-01-17)January 17, 1790
Amherst County, Virginia
DiedMarch 18, 1863(1863-03-18) (aged 73)
Richmond, Virginia
Resting placeShockoe Hill Cemetery
Richmond, Virginia
Political partyJacksonian
EducationWashington and Lee University
Dickinson College (A.B.)
College of William & Mary

Powhatan Ellis (January 17, 1790 – March 18, 1863) was a justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, United States senator from Mississippi, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Mississippi.