{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ebenezer Mattoon | image = Ebenezer Mattoon, attr to Ethan Allen Greenwood (Hist Deerfield 2018.28) - crop.jpg | caption = Portrait of Ebenezer Mattoon, attributed to [[Ethan Allen Greenwood]] | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = [[Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district|3rd]] | term_start = February 2, 1801 | term_end = March 3, 1803 | preceded = [[Samuel Lyman]] | succeeded = [[Manasseh Cutler (representative)|Manasseh Cutler]] | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term2 = 1812 | birth_date = {{birth date|1755|8|19}} | birth_place = [[North Amherst, Massachusetts|North Amherst]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1843|9|11|1755|8|19}} | death_place = [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | party = [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]] | occupation = | profession = | signature = | footnotes = | allegiance = [[United States|United States of America]] | branch = Massachusetts militia | service_years = | rank = Major general | commands = | unit = | battles = [[American Revolutionary War]] }}
'''Ebenezer Mattoon''' (August 19, 1755 – September 11, 1843) was a [[United States representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. He was born in [[North Amherst, Massachusetts|North Amherst]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] on August 19, 1755. He attended the common schools and received private instruction. He graduated from [[Dartmouth College]] in 1776. Mattoon served in the [[Continental Army|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 Party (United States)|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 2, 1801 – March 3, 1803.
He again served as a state representative in 1812. He also served as adjutant general of the Massachusetts Militia with the rank of major general from 1816 to 1818. He was elected captain of the [[Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts]] in 1817 and served a one-year term. He became totally blind in 1818 and retired from active public life.
He was a delegate to the [[Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820–1821]]. Mattoon died in Amherst on September 11, 1843. His interment was in West Cemetery.
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