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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—DelawareEleazer McCOMB
(1740-1798)
McCOMB, Eleazer, a
Delegate from Delaware; born August 11, 1740; served in the
Revolutionary War as captain of militia; appointed privy councilor
in 1779; Member of the Continental Congress, 1783-1784; appointed
as one of the commissioners to confer on the subject of the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 1786; auditor of accounts of the
State of Delaware, 1787-1793; moved from Dover to Wilmington about
1792; engaged in commercial pursuits and shipping in Wilmington;
director of the Bank of Delaware in 1795; died at Wilmington, New
Castle County, Del., in December 1798.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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