# Ebenezer Mattoon

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Ebenezer Mattoon Portrait of Ebenezer Mattoon, attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district In office February 2, 1801 – March 3, 1803 Preceded by Samuel Lyman Succeeded by Manasseh Cutler Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives In office 1812 Personal details Born (1755-08-19)August 19, 1755 North Amherst, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America Died September 11, 1843(1843-09-11) (aged 88) Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S. Party Federalist Alma mater Dartmouth College Military service Allegiance United States of America Branch/service Massachusetts militia Rank Major general Battles/wars American Revolutionary War

**Ebenezer Mattoon** (August 19, 1755 – September 11, 1843) was a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts). He was born in [North Amherst](/source/North_Amherst%2C_Massachusetts) in the [Province of Massachusetts Bay](/source/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay) on August 19, 1755. He attended the common schools and received private instruction. He graduated from [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College) in 1776. Mattoon served in the [Revolutionary Army](/source/Continental_Army). He taught school and also engaged in agricultural pursuits.

He was a member of the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives), was a justice of the peace 1782–1796, and served in the [Massachusetts State Senate](/source/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](/source/Sheriff) of Hampshire County and served twenty years. Mattoon was elected as a [Federalist](/source/Federalist_Party_(United_States)) to the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [Samuel Lyman](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Massachusetts_Constitutional_Convention_of_1820%E2%80%931821). Mattoon died in Amherst on September 11, 1843. His interment was in West Cemetery.

## External links

- United States Congress. ["Ebenezer Mattoon (id: M000259)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000259). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Samuel Lyman Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district February 2, 1801 – March 3, 1803 Succeeded by Manasseh Cutler

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