Ellison, Daniel, 1886-1960

Daniel Ellison (February 14, 1886 – August 20, 1960) was a Russian-born American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. Representative from Maryland's 4th congressional district from 1943 to 1945.

Born in Russia, Ellison was brought to the United States by his parents as an infant. He attended the public schools of Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1907 and from the University of Maryland School of Law of Baltimore in 1909. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Baltimore. He was a longtime member of the Baltimore City Council, representing the fourth council district from May 1923 until December 1942 when he resigned to take his seat in Congress. During his 19 years on the City Council he was the only Republican member except during the term from 1927 to 1931 when nine of the nineteen councilmembers were Republicans. No Republicans have served on the City Council since Ellison's resignation.

Ellison was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress, serving from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1945. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress, losing to his former Baltimore City Council Colleague George Hyde Fallon. He resumed the practice of law in Baltimore. In 1946, Ellison was elected to the Maryland Senate representing Baltimore's fourth legislative district. He was in office from January 1947 to January 1951. He chose not to run for reelection in 1950.

He died in Baltimore and is interred in Hebrew Friendship Cemetery.