Ebenezer M. Chamberlain

Ebenezer M. Chamberlain

Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain (born August 20, 1805 in Orrington , Penobscot County , Maine , †  March 14, 1861 in Goshen , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ebenezer Chamberlain attended public schools in his home country and worked in his father's shipyard. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1832, he began in Elkhart County , Indiana to practice in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1835 to 1837 he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives ; between 1839 and 1842 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1842 he became a district attorney for the Ninth Judicial District of Indiana. From 1843 to 1853 he served as a judge in this district. In 1844 Chamberlain was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore , where James K. Polk was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional election of 1852 Chamberlain was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Samuel Brenton on March 4, 1853 . Until March 3, 1855, he was able to complete a legislative term in Congress . This was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war . After leaving the US House of Representatives, Ebenezer Chamberlain worked as a lawyer in Goshen. He died there on March 14, 1861.

Web links

• Ebenezer M. Chamberlain in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ebenezer M. Chamberlain in the database of Find a Grave (English)