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Robert Elliott (Richard Robert Elliott) was born on 11 August, 1842 in Liverpool, England, U.K., is an American politician. Discover Robert Elliott's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 5 years old?
Popular As |
Richard Robert Elliott |
Occupation |
actor |
Age |
5 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
Born |
11 August, 1879 |
Birthday |
11 August |
Birthplace |
Liverpool, England, U.K. |
Date of death |
9 August, 1884 |
Died Place |
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Nationality |
United Kingdom
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He is a member of famous Actor with the age 5 years old group.
Robert Elliott Height, Weight & Measurements
At 5 years old, Robert Elliott height is 6' 1½" (1.87 m) .
Physical Status |
Height |
6' 1½" (1.87 m) |
Weight |
Not Available |
Body Measurements |
Not Available |
Eye Color |
Not Available |
Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Robert Elliott's Wife?
His wife is Ruth Thorp (1920 - 15 November 1951) ( his death)
Family |
Parents |
Not Available |
Wife |
Ruth Thorp (1920 - 15 November 1951) ( his death) |
Sibling |
Not Available |
Children |
Not Available |
Robert Elliott Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Robert Elliott worth at the age of 5 years old? Robert Elliott’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Robert Elliott's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
House |
Not Available |
Cars |
Not Available |
Source of Income |
Actor |
Robert Elliott Social Network
Timeline
Robert Brown Elliott (August 11, 1842August 9, 1884) was a British-born American politician of British Afro-Caribbean ethnic background.
He was born in 1842 in Liverpool, England, to parents likely from the British West Indies.
He attended High Holborn Academy in London, England and then studied law, graduating from Eton College in 1859.
From there he joined the British Royal Navy.
In the late 1860s he was hired by AME bishop and fellow future congressman Richard H. Cain to be an associate editor of the paper, the South Carolina Leader (renamed the Missionary Record in 1868), along with another future congressman, Alonzo J. Ransier.
Around the same time, Elliott formed the nation's first known African-American law firm, Whipper, Elliott, and Allen, with William Whipper and Macon B. Allen.
Elliott arrived in Boston in 1867, and by late that year he was living in Charleston, South Carolina.
Elliott arrived in South Carolina in 1867 at the age of 25, where he established a law practice.
He was admitted to the South Carolina bar in 1868 and began practicing law in Columbia, the state capital.
Elliott helped organize the local Republican Party and served in the state constitutional convention in 1868 as a delegate from the Edgefield district.
In 1868, he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives.
The next year he was appointed assistant adjutant-general; he was the first African-American commanding general of the South Carolina National Guard.
As part of his job, he helped form a state militia to fight the Ku Klux Klan.
Elliott was elected as a Republican to the Forty-second United States Congress, defeating Democrat John E. Bacon.
He was re-elected to the Forty-third United States Congress, defeating Democrat William H. McCann.
He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina, serving from 1871 to 1874.
In Congress in April 1871 he gave a notable speech on the "Bill to Enforce the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution", also known as the "Ku Klux Bill".
He resigned on November 1, 1874, to serve as sheriff and fight political corruption in South Carolina.
He served again in the South Carolina House of Representatives, where he was elected as Speaker of the House.
He again "delivered a celebrated speech" in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1875.
He ran successfully for South Carolina Attorney General in 1876.
In the state elections that year, white Democrats regained dominance of the state legislature.
The following year, 1877, when the last of the federal troops were withdrawn from South Carolina, he was forced out of office.
In 1878 he formed a law partnership with D. Augustus Straker and T. McCants Stewart.
In 1879, he was appointed a customs inspector for the Treasury Department in Charleston, South Carolina.
He contracted malaria while working in that capacity on a trip to Florida.
He continued to be involved in politics, working on then-Treasury Secretary John Sherman's campaign for President in 1880, and was a delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention.
In January 1881 he was part of a black delegation that met with President James Garfield to protest the lack of civil and political rights in the South.
However, his law practice faltered.
In 1881, he was transferred to New Orleans, and in 1882 he was dismissed.
In New Orleans he again attempted to practice law, but found few clients.
Impoverished, he died in New Orleans on August 9, 1884.
In 1998, the South Carolina House of Representatives unveiled a portrait of Elliott, painted by South Carolina artist Larry Francis Lebby.
The portrait now hangs in the gallery of the House chambers.