and the circle of friends he developed included Royall Tyler. In 1793, Elliot enlisted in the United States Army, joining Captain Cornelius Lyman's company of the 2nd United States Sub-Legion. He attained the rank of sergeant, and took part in the response to the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania and the Northwest Indian War in Ohio. He received his discharge in 1796, and returned to Vermont. In 1798, Elliot published a volume of essays and poems which included details of the observations he made during his military service. Elliot served as Clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1801 to 1803. He studied law in the office of a local attorney during the early 1800s, and began a campaign for Congress in 1802. He was admitted to the bar in 1803, and began to practice in Brattleboro. Congressman He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1802 and was reelected in 1804 and 1806, and served in the 8th, 9th, and 10th Congresses (March 4, 1803 to March 3, 1809). Though he had nominally been a Federalist, Elliot ran as a Democratic-Republican, identified with many Democratic-Republican principles, and was an admirer of several prominent members of the party, including Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Clinton, and Samuel Adams. Later career Upon retiring from Congress, Elliot published the Freeman's Journal, a Democratic-Republican newspaper in Philadelphia. He then briefly edited the Worcester Spy, a Federalist newspaper in Worcester, Massachusetts. By 1812 he was residing and practicing law in Putney, and during the War of 1812 he was commissioned as a captain of Artillery to raise troops in Vermont for the United States Army. He later returned to Brattleboro and he served as Clerk of the Windham County Court from 1817 to 1835. After the Federalist Party ceased to function, Elliot became a member of the Democratic-Republican Party and by the early 1830s he was identified with the National Republican Party. From 1818 to 1819 Elliot served in the Vermont House of Representatives. From 1822 to 1823 he served as State's Attorney for Windham County. He was Windham County's Register of Probate from 1822 to 1834, and served again in the Vermont House from 1837 to 1838. From 1837 until his death Elliot served again as Windham County State's Attorney. Death Elliot died in Newfane, Vermont on November 10, 1839. He was interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Brattleboro. Family