Epaphroditus Champion

Epaphroditus Champion

Epaphroditus Champion (born April 6, 1756 in Colchester , Colony of Connecticut , †  December 22, 1834 in East Haddam , Connecticut ) was an American politician . Between 1807 and 1817 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Epaphroditus Champion attended the public schools in his home country and at times also enjoyed private training. During the War of Independence he was a soldier in the Continental Army . In 1782 he moved to East Haddam. Between 1784 and 1803 he rose in the militia of his state from captain to brigadier general. He then worked as a businessman in the import and export business. For this purpose he also owned some ships.

Champion was a member of the Federal Party . Between 1791 and 1806 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1806, which were held nationwide in Connecticut, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington . There he took the third seat of his state as the successor to Theodore Dwight . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1817 . During this time the British-American War of 1812 fell .

After his tenure in the House of Representatives, Champion resumed his old duties for some time. He then withdrew into retirement and died in East Haddam in December 1834.

Web links

• Epaphroditus Champion in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Epaphroditus Champion in the database of Find a Grave (English)