Eli Saulsbury (December 29, 1817 – March 22, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware.

He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S.

Senator Willard Saulsbury Sr. Saulsbury was educated at Dickinson College, studied law, was admitted to the Delaware Bar in 1857, and began his practice in Dover, Delaware, where he lived.

[1] Saulsbury died at Dover and is buried there in the Silver Lake Cemetery.

Members of the Delaware General Assembly take office the first week of January.