Alfred Ely was a U.S. Representative from New York. He was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, serving New York's 29th congressional district. Ely was captured by Confederate forces while spectating at the First Battle of Bull Run.
- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, jurist
- Position held
- United States representative
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 15, 1815
- Died
- May 18, 1892
