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{{Infobox Politician
|birth_date=August 11, 1843
|birth_place=
|death_date={{death date and age|1897|08|05|1843|08|11}}
|death_place=
|residence=
|office=20th Secretary of State of Alabama
|term_start=1882
|term_end=1885
|governor=Edward A. O'Neal
|predecessor=William W. Screws
|successor=Charles C. Langdon
|party=Democratic
}}Ellis Phelan (1843 – 1897) served as the 20th Secretary of State of Alabama from 1882 to 1885. Phelan graduated from the University of Alabama then entered the Confederate States Army. He was clerk of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1870 to 1877 and in 1890, he was elected circuit judge. He got married to his first wife in 1870 and second wife in 1884.[1] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.alabama.gov/conoff/phelan.html|title=Alabama Department of Archives and History: Alabama Constitutional Officers-- Ellis Phelan|website=Archives.alabama.gov|accessdate=16 January 2019}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Phelan, Ellis}}{{Alabama-politician-stub}} 3 : 1843 births|1897 deaths|alabama Democrats |