Ebenezer Stoddard

Summary

Ebenezer Stoddard (May 6, 1785 – August 19, 1847) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born in Union. He attended Woodstock Academy in 1802 and in 1803 and graduated from Brown University in 1807. After studying, he was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in West Woodstock.

Ebenezer Stoddard
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
In office
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1825
33rd and 35th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
In office
May 1, 1833 – May 7, 1834
GovernorHenry W. Edwards
Preceded byThaddeus Betts
Succeeded byThaddeus Betts
In office
May 6, 1835 – May 2, 1838
GovernorHenry W. Edwards
Preceded byThaddeus Betts
Succeeded byCharles Hawley
Personal details
Born(1785-05-06)May 6, 1785
Union, Connecticut
DiedAugust 19, 1847(1847-08-19) (aged 82)
West Woodstock, Woodstock, Connecticut
Political partyDemocratic-Republican, Adams-Clay Republican
Children2
Alma materBrown University (1807)

Stoddard was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican candidate to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1825). After leaving Congress, he sat in the Connecticut Senate in 1825–1827. He was the 33rd and 35th lieutenant governor of the state in 1833 and 1835–1837. He continued to practice law before dying in West Woodstock in 1847. He was buried in Bungay Cemetery.

External links edit

  • United States Congress. "Ebenezer Stoddard (id: S000943)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
1833–1834
Succeeded by
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
1835–1838
Succeeded by