Ebenezer Seaver

Ebenezer Seaver ( born July 5, 1763 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, † March 1, 1844 ) was an American politician. Between 1803 and 1813 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Ebenezer Seaver was born in what is now Boston's Roxbury. He studied at Harvard University until 1784 and then worked in agriculture. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party. Between 1794 and 1802, he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1802 Seaver in the 13th electoral district of Massachusetts was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeds Peleg Wadsworth took on 4 March 1803 who moved into the 15th district. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1813 five legislative sessions. During his time as a congressman, the territory of the United States has been considerably enlarged in 1803 by the Louisiana Purchase. In 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. Since 1812, the events of the British - American War overshadowed the work of the Congress.

In 1812 Ebenezer Seaver was not re-elected. After the founding of the State of Maine, whose territory had previously belonged to Massachusetts, he was a delegate to the 1820 General Assembly to adapt the constitution to the new realities in the year. In the years 1822, 1823 and 1826, he was again a deputy in the State Parliament. He died on 1 March 1844 in Roxbury.