Ezra B. French

Ezra B. French

Ezra Bartlett French (born September 23, 1810 in Landaff , New Hampshire , †  April 24, 1880 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ezra French attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree in Bath and Plymouth and his admission to the bar in 1833, he began to practice in his new profession in Portland and Waldoboro (Maine). He later moved his residence and practice to Noblesboro (now Damariscotta ).

Between 1838 and 1840 French was a member of the House of Representatives from Maine ; between 1842 and 1845 he was a member of the State Senate . From 1845 to 1850, he was Secretary of State, executive officer of his state's government. After that he was a bank officer. In 1856, French also worked as a newspaper publisher. He was also involved in founding the Republican Party in Maine, of which he became a member.

In 1858, French was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the third constituency of Maine. There he took over from Nehemiah Abbott on March 4, 1859 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1860, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1861 . This was shaped by the events in the immediate run-up to the civil war . In the spring of 1861, French was a delegate at a conference in Washington that tried unsuccessfully to prevent the outbreak of civil war. In early 1861, the delegates from the southern states left Congress.

After his tenure in the House of Representatives, Ezra French worked from August 1861 until his death on April 24, 1880 as the second auditor to the Treasury.

Web links

• Ezra B. French in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ezra B. French in the database of Find a Grave (English)