Ebenezer Mattoon

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Ebenezer Mattoon (born August 19, 1755 in North Amherst , Hampshire County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  September 11, 1843 in Amherst , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1801 and 1803 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ebenezer Mattoon attended the public schools in his home country and at times also enjoyed private lessons. In 1776 he graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ). He joined the American Revolution and served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War , where he rose to major. Later he worked as a teacher and in agriculture. At the same time he embarked on a political career. He was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts in 1781 and 1794 ; from 1795 to 1796 he was a member of the State Senate . Between 1782 and 1796 Mattoon also served as justice of the peace in his homeland. From 1799 to 1816 he was a major general in the Massachusetts State Militia. Between 1796 and 1816 he was sheriff in Hampshire County. Politically, he joined the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton .

After the resignation of MP Samuel Lyman , Mattoon was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on February 2, 1801, at the by-election for the third seat of Massachusetts . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1803 . In 1812 Mattoon was again a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He also continued his career in the state militia. Between 1816 and 1818 he was their commander as adjutant general . In 1820, he attended a meeting to revise the Massachusetts Constitution as a delegate . After being completely blind, he then withdrew from the public. Ebenezer Mattoon died in Amherst on September 11, 1843.

Web links

  • Ebenezer Mattoon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Mattoon, Ebenezer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH North Amherst , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1843
Place of death Amherst , Massachusetts