Elisha Whittlesey (October 19, 1783 – January 7, 1863) was an American politician, lawyer, civil servant and a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

He served as military and private secretary to Gen. William Henry Harrison and as brigade major in the Army of the Northwest in the War of 1812.

He was Sixth Auditor of the Treasury from March 18, 1841, until December 18, 1843,[1] when he resigned and resumed the practice of law in Canfield.

[2] He was reappointed by President Abraham Lincoln April 10, 1861, and served until his death in Washington, D.C., January 7, 1863.

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