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Ebenezer Seaver
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's13th district
In office March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813
Preceded by	Peleg Wadsworth
Succeeded by	Nathaniel Ruggles
Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1794–1802 1822–1823 1826
Personal details
Born	(1763-07-05)July 5, 1763 Roxbury,Province of Massachusetts Bay,British America
Died	March 1, 1844(1844-03-01) (aged 80) Roxbury,Massachusetts, U.S.
Party	Democratic-Republican
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Farming

Ebenezer Seaver (July 5, 1763 – March 1, 1844) was aU.S. representative fromMassachusetts.

Born inRoxbury in theProvince of Massachusetts Bay, Seaver graduated fromHarvard University in 1784. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1794–1802.

Seaver was elected as aDemocratic-Republican to the Eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1813). He was one of six Democratic-Republican representatives to oppose theTwelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.^[1] Seaver was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1812 to theThirteenth Congress. He served as member of theMassachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820–1821. He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1822, 1823, and 1826. He died inRoxbury, Massachusetts, March 1, 1844.

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