F. S. Ellis was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Wisconsin State Assembly

The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin....

, Wisconsin State Senate

Wisconsin State Senate

The Wisconsin Senate, the powers of which are modeled after those of the U.S. Senate, is the upper house of the Wisconsin State Legislature, smaller than the Wisconsin State Assembly...

 and Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...

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Biography

Ellis was born Frederick Ellis on January 17, 1830. His father was Albert Gallatin Ellis

Albert Gallatin Ellis

-Biography:Ellis was born in Verona, New York in 1800. An Episcopalian missionary, Ellis moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin with member of the Oneida people to establish a colony and a school. He later became involved in the Public Land Survey System before becoming a publisher of the Green Bay...

. He passed away on June 6, 1880.

Career

Ellis was a member of the Assembly from 1861 to 1863 and of the Senate from 1864 to 1865. After serving as Chairman of the Brown County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors, Ellis was Mayor of Green Bay in 1876. Additionally, he was Treasurer of Brown County.