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Samuel Hitt Elbert (April 3 1833 – November 27 1899) served as Governor of the Territory of Colorado (1873–1874) and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Colorado (1879–1883).Samuel Hitt Elbert was born in Logan County Ohio. At age seven he moved with his family to the Territory of Iowa where he attended public school and studied agriculture. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with high honors in 1854 and moved to the Territory of Nebraska to practice law.
