{{Short description|American politician and diplomat (1802–1867)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder | image = ElijahHise.jpg | state = Kentucky | party = Democratic | district = {{ushr|KY|3|3rd}} | term_start = December 3, 1866 | term_end = May 8, 1867 | predecessor = Henry Grider | successor = Jacob Golladay | office1 = Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals | term_start1 = 1852 | term_end1 = 1854 | predecessor1 = James Simpson | successor1 = T.A. Marshall | office2 = Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals | term_start2 = 1851 | term_end2 = 1854 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = United States Chargé d'Affaires<br>to Guatemala | president3 = James K. Polk | term_start3 = January 31, 1849 | term_end3 = June 23, 1849 | predecessor3 = Charles G. DeWitt | successor3 = Solon Borland | office4 = Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Logan County | alongside4 = James W. Irwin | term_start4 = 1829 | term_end4 = 1830 | predecessor4 = ''multi-member district'' | successor4 = ''multi-member district'' | birth_date = {{birth date|1802|7|4}} | birth_place = Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | death_date = {{death date and age|1867|5|8|1802|7|4}} | death_place = Russellville, Kentucky | alma_mater = Transylvania University }}

'''Elijah Hise''' (July 4, 1802 – May 8, 1867) was a United States diplomat and U.S. representative from the {{ushr|Kentucky|3|3rd district}} of Kentucky.<ref>{{CongBio|H000644}}</ref>

== Biography == Hise was born on July 4, 1802, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, before moving with his parents, Frederick and Nancy (Eckstein) Hise, to Russellville, Kentucky, when young. He completed preparatory studies and then attended Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice.

Hise was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1829. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1836. He served as the Chargé d'Affaires to Guatemala, January 31, 1849 – June 23, 1849.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10829.htm | title = Guatemala | format = List of Ambassadors to Guatemala | publisher = United States Department of State | year = 2005 | accessdate = August 30, 2007 }}</ref> In addition, he was the chief justice of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Hise was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Grider, and he was reelected to the Fortieth Congress. In all he served from December 3, 1866, until his death by suicide on May 8, 1867, in Russellville, Kentucky. He left behind a suicide note in which he rued "the impending disaster and ruin [of the country] in which despotic and unconstitutional rule has involved her."<ref>Daily Arkansas Gazette, May 15, 1867</ref> He was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery.<ref>{{cite book |last=Allen |first=William B. |title=A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits |publisher=Bradley & Gilbert |year=1872 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_s_wTAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=November 10, 2008 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_s_wTAAAAYAAJ/page/n276 275]&ndash;276}}</ref>

The town of Hiseville, Kentucky, was named in honor of the congressman.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&q=cannon+ky&pg=PA142 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | date=1987 | accessdate=April 28, 2013 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=142| isbn=0813126312 }}</ref>

==See also== *List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)

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