page_title: Henry Leavitt Ellsworth
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Leavitt Ellsworth
caption_attribution_description: English: Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, founder of what became the United States Department of Agriculture, first Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office. Illustration accompanying Ellsworth's entry in the United States Department of Agriculture Yearbook, 1902
context_page_description: Henry Leavitt Ellsworth 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, first Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office, founder, United States Department of Agriculture
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