Edgar Clarence Ellis (October 2, 1854 – March 15, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Edgar Clarence Ellis was born on October 2, 1854, in Vermontville, Michigan.

He worked as superintendent of public schools at Fergus Falls, Minnesota from 1882 to 1885.

[1] Ellis moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1888 and continued the practice of his profession.

[1] While a school principal at Fergus Falls, he married Emily Hatch Roy, daughter of abolitionists Rev.

His remains were cremated and the ashes interred in Kansas City, Missouri.