Ebenezer Stoddard

Ebenezer Stoddard
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
In office
March 4, 1821  March 3, 1825
13th and 15th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
In office
May 1, 1833  May 7, 1834
Governor Henry W. Edwards
Preceded by Thaddeus Betts
Succeeded by Thaddeus Betts
In office
May 6, 1835  May 2, 1838
Governor Henry W. Edwards
Preceded by Thaddeus Betts
Succeeded by Charles Hawley
Personal details
Born (1785-05-06)May 6, 1785
Died August 19, 1847(1847-08-19) (aged 82)
Political party Democratic-Republican, Adams-Clay Republican
Alma mater Brown University (1807)

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 was graduated from Brown University in 1807. After studying, he was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in West Woodstock.

Stoddard was elected as 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 served in the Connecticut Senate in 1825–1827. He was the 13th and 15th 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.

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    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Thaddeus Betts
    Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
    1833–1834
    Succeeded by
    Thaddeus Betts
    Preceded by
    Thaddeus Betts
    Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
    1835–1838
    Succeeded by
    Charles Hawley
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