Bertram Ellis

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix =Hon.

|name = Bertram Ellis

|image =Bertram Ellis.png

|office = President of the New Hampshire Senate

|term_start =1901

|term_end =1903

|predecessor = Thomas N. Hastings

|successor = Charles W. Hoitt

|office2 = Member of the New Hampshire Senate
District No. 13

|majority2=631 (1898)

|term_start2 = January 4, 1899

|term_end2 = 1903

|predecessor2 =

|successor2 =

|office3 = Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

|term_start3 = January 2, 1907

|term_end3 = 1909

|predecessor3 =Rufus N. Elwell

|successor3 =Walter W. Scott

|office4 = Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

|term_start4 = January 1907

|term_end4 = 1909

|predecessor4 =

|successor4 =

|office5 = Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Representing Ward 4 Keene, New Hampshire

|term_start5 =1897

|term_end5 =1897

|predecessor5 =

|successor5 =

|birth_date =November 20, 1860

|birth_place =Boston, Massachusetts

|death_date =January 4, 1920

|death_place =Keene, New Hampshire

|party =

|spouse =Margret Louis Wheeler, m. June 20, 1894

|children=

|alma_mater = Harvard College, 1884,
Harvard Law School, 1887

|profession =

|signature = Signature of Bertram Ellis.png

}}

Bertram Ellis (November 20, 1860 – January 4, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member{{Citation |title =Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire. January Session, 1899.| place = Concord, New Hampshire | publisher = New Hampshire. General Court| year = 1899 | page = 6 }} and President of the New Hampshire Senate, and as a member and Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

Ellis was born to Moses and Emily (Ferrin) Ellis in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 20, 1860.{{Citation |title =The Granite Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, History and State Progress, Volume XLII, No. 7; The Gubernatorial Canvass. Another Candidate for the Republican Nomination| place = Concord, New Hampshire | publisher = New Hampshire General Court| year = 1910 | pages =195–196 }}

Ellis graduated from Harvard College in 1884, and Harvard Law School in 1887.

After he graduated from Harvard Law School, Ellis moved to New York and went to work for the law firm of Evarts, Choate and Beaman. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1888, but he soon moved to Denver, Colorado, and practiced law there for two years until 1890, when he moved back to New Hampshire after his father fell ill. and died.

In 1893 Ellis went to work as an editor of the Keene Evening Sentinel and the weekly New Hampshire Weekly Sentinel. Ellis continued to be the editor of the Sentinel until two years before his death.{{Citation |title =Colonel Bertram Ellis | place = New York, New York | work = New York Times| date = January 6, 1920 }}

On June 20, 1894 Ellis married Margret Louis Wheeler of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In 1897 Ellis was elected to represent Ward Four of Keene, New Hampshire{{Citation | editor= Richard Herndon| title =Men of Progress: Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in and of the State of New Hampshire| place = Boston, Massachusetts | publisher = New England Magazine| year = 1898 | page = 20 }} in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

Ellis was elected to the New Hampshire Senate from District 12, with a majority of 631 votes.{{Citation |title =Journals of the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of New Hampshire. January Session, 1899.| place = Concord, New Hampshire | publisher = New Hampshire General Court| year = 1899 | page = 12 }}

On January 2, 1907, Ellis was chosen as the Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives.{{Citation |title =Legislature Elects Floyd Governor. Opening Session of the General Court on Wednesday. Bertram Ellis of Keene Chosen Speaker of the House John Scammon of Exeter President of the Senate— The First Day's Business.| place = Nashua, New Hampshire | publisher = Nashua Telegraph| date = January 3, 1907 | page =2 }}

In 1910 Ellis ran for the Republican nomination for Governor of New Hampshire.{{Citation |title =COL ELLIS HAS BIG RECEPTION His Campaign Opens at Nashua, N H. Candidate for Nomination for Governor Meets 700. Gathering Novel in That Part of State| place = Boston, Massachusetts | publisher = Boston Daily Globe| date = August 2, 1910 | page =5 }} In the first primary election ever held in the state, Ellis lost the primary to Robert P. Bass, who would go on to become governor.{{Citation |title =BASS BEATS ELLIS NEARLY TWO TO ONE| place = Boston, Massachusetts | publisher = Boston Daily Globe| date = September 7, 1910| page =1 }}

Ellis died in Keene, New Hampshire on January 4, 1920.{{Citation |editor=Arthur Stanwood Pier|title =The Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Vol. XXXVIII, No. CXI| place = Boston, Massachusetts | publisher = The Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association| date = March 1, 1920 | page =544 }}