He used his knowledge to help black people against the KKK, a movement against the black community in the country. Gay) as administrator of John Gilmore. Street Team INNW, St. Paul, The Bronzeville Neighborhood (Chicago) a story, Isaac Lane, Bishop, and Administrator born, S. E. Hall House (St. Paul, MN) Becomes Historic Landmark, South Carolina State University is Founded, Theodore Howard, Surgeon, and Activist born, Homer Harris, Student/Athlete, and Physician born, White Judge Resigns After His Racist Remarks, Nancy Green, The Original Aunt Jemima born, Garrett Morgan, Businessman, and Inventor born, Mirriam Makeba, Entertainer, and Activist born. However, his law practice faltered. Elliott later attributed a lifelong limp to a battle wound. Elliott, Leon Dillon. Robert had 4 brothers: James Elliott and 3 other siblings. He continued to be involved in politics, working on then-Treasury Secretary John Sherman's campaign for President in 1880, and was a delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention. His father was an engineer for Westinghouse, and his mother worked for a family confection company. Elliott married Grace Lee, a free individual from Boston or Charleston, sometime before 1870. Robert Elliott was a brilliant lawyer who was admitted to the South Carolina bar and elected to the South Carolina legislature in 1868 during Reconstruction. ' for 24 hours is shown" '+ Average Age & Life Expectancy Robert B Elliott lived 13 years shorter than the average Elliott family member when he died at the age of 58. Jacob B. Elliott. Born in Connecticut on Jan 1894 to Edward Elliott and Julia A. Meath. Leave a message for others who see this profile. In 1867 Elliott moved from Boston to Charleston, South Carolina, where he accepted a position as an associate editor of a black-owned Republican newspaper, the South Carolina Leader. ADS View Current Number . black politician during reconstruction. Robert B Elliott. The next year he was appointed assistant adjutant-general; he was the first African-American commanding general of the South Carolina National Guard. In 1870, he was elected a U.S. representative to Congress. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. However, the ambitious young man . Elected to represent South Carolina's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1871 to 1875. Holt, Thomas C. Black over White: Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina during Reconstruction. Raymond W. Smock, historian and director 1990 We encourage you to research . 'target="_blank"> was twice elected to Congress. Born in England, Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884) moved to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1867 and, after co-founding the nation's first known African American law firm, Whipper, Elliott, and Allen with William Whipper and Macon B. Allen, he rose to prominence in state politics.