Ebenezer Mattoon

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

Career

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

Following the resignation of Mr Samuel Lyman Mattoon was at the due election for the third seat from Massachusetts as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on February 2, 1801. After a re-election, he could remain until March 3, 1803 Congress. In 1812 Mattoon was again a deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He also continued his career in the state militia. Between 1816 and 1818, he was its commander as Adjutant General. In 1820 he participated in a meeting to revise the constitution of Massachusetts as a delegate. After a complete blindness he then retired from public life. Ebenezer Mattoon died on September 11, 1843 in Amherst.

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