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Elias Cornelius Boudinot (August 1, 1835 – September 27, 1890) was an American politician, lawyer, newspaper editor, and co-founder of the Arkansan who served as the delegate to the Confederate States House of Representatives representing the Cherokee Nation.
BOUDINOT, ELIAS CORNELIUS (1835–1890). A lawyer, Elias Cornelius Boudinot was born on August 1, 1835, in New Echota, Cherokee Nation, East, in present Gordon County, Georgia, to tribal spokesperson Elias Boudinot and Harriet Ruggles Gold, his white wife.
Jun 16, 2023 · Elias Cornelius Boudinot was a mixed-lineage Cherokee lawyer, newspaper editor, and lobbyist. He was active in civic life and Democratic Party politics in Arkansas during the Civil War era, serving in the Confederate Cherokee forces and the Confederate Congress during the conflict.
"Elias Cornelius Boudinot provides the first full account of a man who was intimately and prominently involved in the life of the Cherokee Nation in the second half of the nineteenth century and was highly influential in the opening of the former Indian Territory to white settlement and the eventual formation of the state of Oklahoma.
Elias Boudinot (born May 2, 1740, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [U.S.] —died October 24, 1821, Burlington, New Jersey, U.S.) was an American lawyer and public official who was involved in the American Revolution. Boudinot became a lawyer and attorney-at-law in 1760.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Few Native Americans are more enigmatic than Elias Cornelius Boudinot, a nineteenth century Cherokee mixed-blood who championed policies opposed by most members of his tribe. The motivation of this complex individual whose actions undercut tribal sovereignty continues to intrigue those familiar with his life.
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Jul 13, 2021 · Elias Cornelius Boudinot was born in the chaos of the fall of the Southeastern tribes and in the infighting of Cherokee politics. His father was a Cherokee leader, and his mother was a white...
