Elijah Stansbury Jr. (May 1791 – December 19, 1883) was an American politician and soldier.

At the age of fifteen, Stansbury organized a company of forty-seven boys.

He enlisted as a private in the Baltimore Union Artillery under Captain John Montgomery.

Shortly after 1817, Stansbury entered the building supply business.

On October 24, 1824, Stansbury was elected to the First Branch of the Baltimore City Council, representing the Fourth Ward, and served multiple terms from 1825 to 1832.