Albert Harman Ellis (1861-1950) was an American Democratic politician and farmer from Oklahoma.

Ellis, born in Indiana on December 17, 1861, came to Oklahoma as a homesteader, participating in the Land Run of 1893 that opened the Cherokee Outlet for settlement. Ellis settled in present-day Garfield County southwest of Hayward.

Albert H. Ellis

Ellis was a member of the fourth Territorial Legislature of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, and served as speaker pro tempore of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in the first Legislature of Oklahoma. He was defeated for reelection to the House by three votes. Ellis County, Oklahoma is named for him. Ellis died on June 18, 1950.

Albert H. Ellis

Electoral history

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Members of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention

Ellis County, Oklahoma

1861 births

1950 deaths

People from Garfield County, Oklahoma

People from Indiana

20th-century Members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives

Members of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature

Democratic Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives

Albert H. Ellis