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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaEbenezer Mattoon CHAMBERLAIN
(1805-1861)
CHAMBERLAIN, Ebenezer
Mattoon, a Representative from Indiana; born in Orrington,
Maine, August 20, 1805; attended the public schools; employed in
his father’s shipyard; studied law; moved to Connersville,
Ind., where he completed his studies; was admitted to the bar in
1832 and commenced practice in Elkhart County in 1833; member of
the State house of representatives 1835-1837; served in the State
senate 1839-1842; elected prosecuting attorney of the ninth
judicial circuit in 1842; elected president judge of the ninth
judicial district in 1843, reelected in 1851 and served until he
resigned, having been elected to Congress; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1844; elected as a Democrat to
the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); engaged in
the practice of law in Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., until his
death there March 14, 1861; interment in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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