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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsEbenezer MATTOON
(1755-1843)
MATTOON, Ebenezer, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in North Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., on August 19, 1755; attended the common schools and
received private instruction; was graduated from Dartmouth College,
Hanover, N.H., in 1776; served in the Revolutionary Army and
attained the rank of major; taught school and also engaged in
agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives
in 1781 and 1794; justice of the peace 1782-1796; served in the
State senate in 1795 and 1796; served from the rank of captain to
that of major general of the Fourth Division, State militia;
appointed sheriff of Hampshire County in 1796 and served twenty
years; elected as a Federalist to the Sixth Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel Lyman; reelected to the
Seventh Congress and served from February 2, 1801, to March 3,
1803; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1812;
major general of Massachusetts Militia 1799-1816; adjutant general
of the State militia 1816-1818; became totally blind in 1818 and
retired from active public life; delegate to the State
constitutional convention in 1820; died in Amherst, Mass.,
September 11, 1843; interment in West Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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