Ezekiel Whitman (March 9, 1776 – August 1, 1866) was a Representative from Maine, both when it was the District of Maine within Massachusetts and after it became an independent state. He was born in East Bridgewater in the Province of Massachusetts Bay on March 9, 1776. He graduated from Brown University in 1795. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in New Gloucester, Maine, and in Portland, Maine (both communities a district of Massachusetts until 1820).
Ezekiel Whitman | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1821 – June 1, 1822 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Mark Harris |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 15th district | |
| In office March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Ilsley |
| Succeeded by | William Widgery |
| In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | |
| Preceded by | George Bradbury |
| Succeeded by | District eliminated until 1913[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 9, 1776 East Bridgewater, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America |
| Died | August 1, 1866 (aged 90) East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1806 to the Tenth Congress. He was elected as a Federalist from Massachusetts to the Eleventh Congress (March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811). He was a member of the executive council in 1815 and 1816. He was elected to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821). Whitman was a delegate to the convention in 1819 that framed the first State constitution of Maine. He was elected to the Seventeenth Congress from Maine and served from March 4, 1821, to June 1, 1822, when he resigned.
He served as a judge of the court of common pleas of Maine 1822-1841. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress. Whitman served as chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court 1841-1848. He retired in 1852 and returned to East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he died on August 1, 1866.
References
edit- ^ This district was moved to Maine as a result of the Missouri Compromise in 1820.
- United States Congress. "Ezekiel Whitman (id: W000421)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.