Elias Howell

Elias Howell

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 12th district
In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	Robert Mitchell
Succeeded by	Alexander Harper
Member of the Ohio Senate
In office 1830-1832
Personal details
Born	1792 New Jersey
Died	May, 1844 Newark, Ohio
Political party	Anti-Jacksonian

Elias Howell (1792 – May 1844) was a United States Representative from Ohio.

Born in New Jersey in 1792, he attended the public schools and in 1819 moved to Newark, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1830 to 1832 and was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1837. He was not a candidate for renomination, and died near Newark, Ohio in 1844. Howell's son, James Bruen Howell, was a U.S. Senator from Iowa.