Elza Jeffords (May 23, 1826 – March 19, 1885) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi's 3rd congressional district.Jeffords was born near Ironton in Lawrence County, Ohio on May 23, 1826. He grew up in Portsmouth, Ohio where he attended public schools before apprenticing as a clerk in a law office. Jeffords read law during his apprenticeship and was admitted to the bar in 1847.