Epaphroditus Champion

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

Career

Epaphroditus Champion attended the public schools of his home and enjoyed time as a private education. During the Revolutionary War he was a soldier of the Continental Army. In 1782, he moved to East Haddam. Between 1784 and 1803 he rose in the militia of his state from the captain up to brigadier general. He then worked as a businessman in the import and export business. To this end, he also owned a number of ships.

Champion was a member of the Federalist Party. Between 1791 and 1806 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Connecticut. In the congressional elections of 1806, which were held all across the state of Connecticut, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. There he took as a successor of Theodore Dwight, a third deputy seat of his state. After four elections he could pass in Congress until March 3, 1817 five legislative sessions. In this time the British -American War fell from 1812.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives took Champion for some time his old work again. He retired but then in retirement and died in December 1834 in East Haddam.