ELLSWORTH, Franklin Fowler, 1879-1942 
Representative from Minnesota; born in St. James, Watonwan County, Minn., July 10, 1879; attended the grade and high schools; enlisted as a private in Company H, Twelfth Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, during the Spanish-American War; attended the law 
department of the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis; was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in St. James, Minn.; city attorney of St. James in 1904 and 1905; prosecuting attorney of Watonwan County 1905-1909; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth 
Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1921); was not a candidate for 
renomination in 1920, having become a gubernatorial candidate; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 1920 and 1924; moved to Minneapolis, Minn., in 1921 and resumed the practice of his profession; died in Minneapolis, Minn., December 23, 1942; interment in Lakewood Cemetery. 

ELLSWORTH, Mathew Harris, 1899-1986 
Representative from Oregon; born in 
Hoquiam, Grays Harbor County, Wash., September 17, 1899; moved with his parents to Eugene and later to Wendling, Oreg.; attended the public schools; served in the Student Army Training Corps during the First World War; was graduated in journalism from the University of Oregon at Eugene in 1922; advertising manager of a newspaper in Eugene, Oreg., in 1923; engaged in the lumber business 1923-1925; manager of a lumber-industry publication 
1926-1928; associate professor in journalism at the University of Oregon in 928 and 1929; publisher and part owner of the Roseburg (Oreg.) News-Review  since 1929; served by appointment in the State senate in 1941; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1957); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; appointed by President Eisenhower as chairman of the Civil Service Commission for a two-year term and served from April 18, 1957, to February 28, 1959; resumed newspaper business profession; real estate broker; moved to Albuquerque, N.Mex., in 1975 and lived there until his death on February 7, 1986; interment in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. 

ELLSWORTH, Robert Fred, 1926- 
Representative from Kansas; born in 
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kans., June 11, 1926; attended the Lawrence, Kans., schools; graduated with a B.S. degree from the University of Kansas in 1945 and received J.D. degree from the University of Michigan School of Law in 1949; served as an officer in the United States Navy 1944-1946, and again during the Korean War 1950-1953; teacher at the University of Kansas School of Business 1954-1955; admitted to the Kansas and Massachusetts bar in 1949 and 
commenced practice in Springfield, Mass.; assistant to vice chairman, Federal Maritime Board in 1953 and 1954; private law practice in Lawrence, Kans., 1955-1960; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1967); was not a candidate in 1966 for reelection but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; National Political Director of the Presidential Campaign in 1968; special assistant to President Nixon, 1969; Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with rank of Ambassador, 1969-1971; general partner in Lazard Freres and Co. of New York City; 
Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs), 1974-1975; nominated by President Ford to be Deputy Secretary of Defense and served in that capacity from December 1975 until January 1977; vice chairman of the council, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, 1977 to present; president of a private investment and consulting firm in Washington, D.C.; is a resident of Comus, Md. 

ELLSWORTH, Samuel Stewart, 1790-1863 
Representative from New York; born in  Pownal, Vt., October 13, 1790; attended the common schools; moved to Penn Yan, N.Y., in 1819 and engaged in mercantile pursuits; supervisor of Milo, Yates County, 1824-1828; judge of Yates County 1824-1829; served in the State assembly in 1840; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); died in Penn Yan, N.Y., June 4, 1863; interment in Lake View Cemetery. 

ELLSWORTH, William Wolcott, 1791-1868 
Representative from Connecticut; born in Windsor, Conn., November 10, 1791; completed preparatory studies, and was graduated from Yale College in 1810; studied law in Litchfield, Conn.; was admitted to the bar in 1813 and practiced; appointed professor of law at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., in 1827, which position he held until his death; elected to the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, and Twenty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1829, to July 8, 1834, when he resigned; Governor of Connecticut 1838-1842; judge of the State supreme court from 1847 to 1861, when, by the constitutional provision relative to age, he was retired; twice declined to accept the nomination to the United States Senate; retired from public life; died in Hartford, Conn., January 15, 1868; interment in the Old North Cemetery.