Elihu Colman
{{short description|19th century American politician}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name = Elihu Colman
|office = United States Attorney for the {{nowrap|Eastern District of Wisconsin}}
| appointer = Benjamin Harrison
| term_start = February 6, 1890
| term_end = April 1893
| predecessor = William A. Walker
| successor = John H. M. Wigman
|state1 = Wisconsin
|state_assembly1 = Wisconsin
|district1 = Fond du Lac 2nd
| term_start1 = January 1, 1872
| term_end1 = January 6, 1873
| predecessor1 = John Aaron Baker
| successor1 = Rensselaer Morse Lewis
|party = Republican
|birth_date = {{birth date|1841|5|11}}
|birth_place = Oneida, Wisconsin, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1899|1|25|1841|5|11}}
|death_place = Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
|restingplace =
|spouse = Mary Elizabeth Hill
|children = {{unbulleted list
| Edna M. Colman
| {{sup|(b. 1873; died 1961)}}
| Paul Elihu Colman
| {{sup|(b. 1879; died 1958)}}
}}
|father = Henry R. Colman
|allegiance = United States
|branch = United States Volunteers
Union Army
|rank = Musician
|serviceyears = 1861–1863
|unit = 1st Reg. Wis. Vol. Cavalry
|battles = American Civil War
}}
Elihu Colman (May 11, 1841{{spaced ndash}}January 25, 1899) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Fond du Lac County during the 1872 session. He later served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 1890 under U.S. President Benjamin Harrison.
Biography
Born in Oneida, Wisconsin, his father was Henry R. Colman, who was a Methodist minister and missionary among the Oneida Tribe. In 1847, Colman and his family moved to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He served in the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of quartermaster sergeant. Colman graduated from Lawrence University in 1865. He then studied law and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar. In 1873, Colman served in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
In 1880, he was the Republican nominee for Wisconsin's 5th congressional district, receiving 14,753 votes to 16,984 for Democratic incumbent Edward S. Bragg and 1,188 for Greenbacker John E. Thomas. Colman was appointed United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 1890 by President Benjamin Harrison.{{cite news|title=Successor to Elihu Colman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6191459/elihu_colman_18411899/|newspaper=Green Bay Weekly Gazette|date=April 19, 1893|page=6|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 11, 2016 }} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Death Came Suddenly to Fond du Lac Man|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6179812/elihu_colman_18411899/|newspaper=Green Bay Weekly Gazette|date=February 1, 1899|page=3|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 10, 2016 }} {{Open access}} He died unexpectedly in Green Bay, Wisconsin.Report of the Proceedings of the State Bar Association of Wisconsin, vol. 3, Wisconsin State Bar Association: 1901, Biographical Sketch of Elihu Colman, pp. 222–225.{{cite book|title=The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin|edition=11th|location=Madison, WI|year=1872|page=447}}
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Category:People from Oneida, Wisconsin
Category:Politicians from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Category:People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
Category:Lawrence University alumni
Category:Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:United States attorneys for the Eastern District of Wisconsin