{{short description|American politician}} {{infobox officeholder |name=Elijah Vance |image= |state_senate=Ohio |district=Butler County |term_start=December 1, 1834 |term_end=December 2, 1838 |preceded=Daniel Woodmansee |succeeded=John Saylor |party=Democratic |birth_date={{birth date|1801|2|1}} |birth_place=Bel Air, Maryland, US |death_date={{death date and age|1871|1|11|1801|2|1}} |death_place=Hamilton, Ohio, US |resting_place=Greenwood Cemetery (Hamilton, Ohio) }} '''Elijah Vance''' (February 1, 1801 – January 11, 1871) was a Democratic politician from Butler County, Ohio. He was Speaker of the Ohio Senate in 1835 and 1836.
== Biography == Elijah Vance was born at Bel Air, Maryland on February 1, 1801. He came to Ohio in 1816, and lived in Cincinnati. He moved to Lebanon, Ohio in 1821.{{sfn|Bartlow|p=879}} He studied law under Francis Dunlavy, and was admitted to the bar in 1826. He moved to Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio and practiced law.{{sfn|Bartlow|p=879}}
=== Ohio legislature === Vance was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives from Butler County for the 31st and 32nd General Assemblies, (1832 to 1834).{{sfn|Taylor & Taylor|pp=159, 162}} He was elected to the Ohio Senate for the 33rd to 36th General Assemblies, (1834 to 1838). For the 34th and 35th Ohio General Assemblies, (1835 to 1837), he was President of the Ohio Senate.{{sfn|Taylor & Taylor|pp=164, 168, 172, 176}}
=== Judicial career === Vance was Prosecuting Attorney of Butler County from 1839 to 1843, and was elected Common Pleas Judge in 1843.{{sfn|Bartlow|p=879}} In 1850, he was a member of the State Constitutional Convention.{{sfn|Taylor & Taylor|p=3, volume 2}} He was prosecuting attorney again from 1865 to 1870.{{sfn|Bartlow|p=879}} He was also a member of the local board of education, and a trustee of Miami University.{{sfn|Bartlow|p=879}}
=== Death === Vance died January 11, 1871.{{sfn|Bartlow|p=879}} He is buried at Greenwood Cemetery (Hamilton, Ohio).{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
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==References== *{{cite book |last=Bartlow |first=Bert S |ref={{sfnRef|Bartlow}} |title=Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H283AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA879 |year=1905 |publisher=B. F. Bowen }} *{{cite book |title=Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... |first1=William Alexander |last1=Taylor |first2=Aubrey Clarence |last2=Taylor |ref={{sfnRef|Taylor & Taylor}} |year=1899 |publisher=State of Ohio |page = |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA159 }} {{navboxes|title=Offices and distinctions |list1=<!-- Succession box --> {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-oh-hs}} {{s-bef | before=Taylor Webster<br>Jesse Corwin}} {{s-ttl |title=Representative from Butler County | years=December 3, 1832-November 30, 1834|alongside=James Comstock}} {{s-aft | after=William B. Van Hook<br>V. D. Enyart}} {{s-break}} {{s-par|us-oh-sen}} {{s-bef | before=Daniel Woodmansee}} {{s-ttl |title=Senator from Butler County | years=December 1, 1834 - December 2, 1838}} {{s-aft | after=John Saylor}} {{s-break}} {{s-bef | before=Charles Anthony}} {{s-ttl |title=President of the Ohio Senate | years=December 7, 1835 - December 3, 1837 }} {{s-aft | after= George J. Smith}} {{s-end}} }} {{Authority control}}
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