Ellis Baker Usher (June 21, 1852 – April 21, 1931) was an American journalist, newspaper publisher, and Democratic politician.
As a child, his parents moved the family to La Crosse, Wisconsin, where his father had been hired to work as an agent of Cadwallader C. Washburn in charge of lumber operations on the Black River.
[1] At age 16, he was hired as a clerical aide to Judge S. S. Burton, who was receiver of the U.S. Land Office and deputy collector of internal revenue.
[5] Usher sold the Chronicle in 1901 and moved to Washington, D.C., to work as a special correspondent for Milwaukee newspapers.
[1] In 1920, he and his sister, Leila Usher, donated his collection of historical documents and references to the La Crosse Normal School Library.