Elias DeWitt Huntley

Elias Dewitt Huntley (19 April 1840 – 12 February 1909) was a Methodist clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate.

[1] He was ordained the same year he graduated and began his ministry by preaching in the Nunda circuit in New York State.

Then, he became a professor of ancient languages at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary.

[1] He became pastor of the Metropolitan church in Washington, D.C., and while in that city, was elected Chaplain of the Senate (1883–1886).

[1] Huntley died on February 12, 1909, in Washington, D.C.[3] Huntley married Amelia H. Elmore of Milwaukee; their sons George and Sherman did not survive childhood.