Ellis Phelan

Ellis Phelan (1843–1897) served as the 20th Secretary of State of Alabama from 1882 to 1885.

Ellis Phelan
20th Secretary of State of Alabama
In office 1882–1885
Governor	Edward A. O'Neal
Preceded by	William W. Screws
Succeeded by	Charles C. Langdon
Personal details
Born	August 11, 1843
Died	August 5, 1897(1897-08-05) (aged 53)
Political party	Democratic

Phelan graduated from the University of Alabama then entered the Confederate States Army. He was clerk of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1870 to 1877 and in 1890, he was elected circuit judge.

He married his first wife in 1870 and married his second wife in 1884.^[1]