Ebenezer Mattoon

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name =Ebenezer Mattoon


state =Massachusetts
district =3rd
term_start =February 2, 1801
term_end =March 3, 1803
preceded =Samuel Lyman
succeeded =Manasseh Cutler
birth_date =August 19, 1755
birth_place =Amherst, Massachusetts
death_date =September 11, 1843
death_place =Amherst, Massachusetts
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Ebenezer Mattoon was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in North Amherst on August 19, 1755. He attended the common schools and received private instruction. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1776. Mattoon served in the Revolutionary Army. He taught school and also engaged in agricultural pursuits.

He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, was a justice of the peace 1782-1796, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate. He served from the rank of captain to that of major general of the Fourth Division, State militia. He was appointed Sheriff of Hampshire County and served twenty years. Mattoon was elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel Lyman. He was reelected to the Seventh Congress and served from February 21801 – March 31803.

He again served as a State Representative in 1812. He also served as adjutant general of the State militia 1816-1818, became totally blind in 1818 and retired from active public life. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1820. Mattoon died in Amherst on September 11, 1843. His interment was in West Cemetery.

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USRepSuccessionBox
state=Massachusetts
district=3
before=Samuel Lyman
after=Manasseh Cutler
years=February 21801 – March 31803