Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Leavitt Ellsworth

American businessman

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1791

Place of Birth: Windsor, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1858

Profession: writer, lawyer, politician, author

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (November 10, 1791 – December 27, 1858) was a Yale-educated attorney who became the first Commissioner of the U.S.
Patent Office, where he encouraged innovation by inventors Samuel F.B.
Morse and Samuel Colt.
Ellsworth also served as the second president of the Aetna Insurance Company, and was a major donor to Yale College, a commissioner to Indian tribes on the western frontier, and the founder of what became the United States Department of Agriculture.