Hobbs, Elias "E."
House 1873 (District 18)
Party when first elected: Republican
Counties Served:
Rice
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
??/??/1831 (uncertain)
Birth Place:
Pennsylvania
Birth County:
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
E.
City of Residence (when first elected):
Northfield
Occupation (when first elected):
Real Estate Business/Civil Engineer
EDUCATION
Common Schools; At Least Elementary School;
Hartford University; Attended College; Civil Engineer
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Married
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota: Biographical Sketches, St. Paul: Press Printing Company, 1873 lists his birth year as 1831. Toensing lists 1830.
He came to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1855. He moved to Northfield, Minnesota in 1856.
He "assisted in making the preliminary survey of the Minneapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad, and also in permanently locating it." (The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota: Biographical Sketches, St. Paul: Press Printing Company, 1873, p. 29)
His party affiliation was provided by The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873.
Elected: 11/5/1872
Residence: Northfield
Term of Office: 1/7/1873 to 1/5/1874
Counties Represented:
Rice
Occupation: Real Estate Business/Civil Engineer
Party:
Republican
Party Notes: His party affiliation was provided by The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873.