Elisha I. Winter

{{infobox officeholder

|name=Elisha I. Winter

|state=New York

|district={{ushr|NY|12|12th}}

|term_start=March 4, 1813

|term_end=March 3, 1815

|alongside=Zebulon R. Shipherd

|predecessor=Arunah Metcalf

|succeeded=John Savage
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|birth_date={{birth date|1781|7|15}}

|birth_place=New York City, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1849|6|30|1781|7|15}}

|death_place=Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.

|resting_place=Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.

|party=Federalist

|spouse=Virginia Carr

|profession=Politician

}}

Elisha I. Winter (July 15, 1781 – June 30, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Biography

Born in New York City on July 15, 1781, in 1806 Winter moved to the portion of the town of Peru, Clinton County, which was later included in the township of Au Sable.{{cite book |author=Joint Committee On Printing, U.S. Congress |date=1928 |title=Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1927 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8lAs_QeKkkC&pg=PA1720 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=1720 |via=Google Books}} While living in Clinton County he became involved in mining iron ore from a location known as the Winter Ore Bed.{{cite book |last=Hurd |first=Duane Hamilton |date=1880 |title=History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, New York |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rk4MAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA211 |location=Philadelphia, PA |publisher=J. W. Lewis & Co. |page=211 |via=Google Books}}

He was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815). Winter was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1814 to the Fourteenth Congress.

He later moved to a farm near Lexington, Kentucky, and became a planter and was active in other ventures, including ownership of a general store.{{cite news |last=Winter |first=E. I. |date=February 28, 1827 |title=Newspaper Advertisement: Clover Seed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-observer-and-reporter-clover/146957384/ |work=Lexington Observer and Reporter |location=Lexington, KY |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com}} He was also instrumental in building the first railroad in that locality, and subsequently became president of the Lexington and Ohio Railroad. Winter was a slave owner.{{Cite news |last1=Weil |first1=Julie Zauzmer |last2=Blanco |first2=Adrian |last3=Dominguez |first3=Leo |title=More than 1,800 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}} According to the 1820 census, he owned one slave, a woman between ages 14 and 25.{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/14175915?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a226d7356774c51413072666e37554d64496f6e4677554e5474473579575944473445366d7a3573334d4343513d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d |title=1820 United States Federal Census, Entry for Elisha I. Winter |date=1820 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com LLC |location=Lehi, UT |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 10, 2024}}

Winter died in Lexington, Kentucky on June 30, 1849, and was interred in Lexington Cemetery.