[1] He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, and became an attorney, eventually becoming Phelps Dodge's chief counsel.
[8] In July 1918, Elliott announced his intention to run for the single seat from Greenlee County to the Arizona State Senate.
[16] He ran unopposed in the primary, and then easily defeated his Republican opponent, Dell M. Potter, in November's general election.
The law revamped the financial systems and the methods of accounting used by the state, putting them more along the lines of an actual business.
"[22][23] With its passage, Arizona became only the fourth state in the nation to adopt a financial code, following Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska.
[28] On September 22, 1939, while on a business trip to New Mexico, Elliott died of a heart attack in a Hot Springs hospital.