Ezekiel Whitman | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaine's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1821 – June 1, 1822 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Mark Harris |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's15th 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] |
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| Born | (1776-03-09)March 9, 1776 |
| Died | August 1, 1866(1866-08-01) (aged 90) |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Ezekiel Whitman (March 9, 1776 – August 1, 1866) was aRepresentative fromMaine, both when it was theDistrict of Maine withinMassachusetts and after it became an independent state. He was born inEast Bridgewater in theProvince of Massachusetts Bay on March 9, 1776. He graduated fromBrown University in 1795. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced inNew Gloucester, Maine, and inPortland, Maine (both communities a district of Massachusetts until 1820).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1806 to the Tenth Congress. He was elected as aFederalist 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 theMaine Supreme Judicial Court 1841-1848. He retired in 1852 and returned toEast Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he died on August 1, 1866.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 15th congressional district (Maine district) March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 15th congressional district (Maine district) March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMaine's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1821 – June 1, 1822 | Succeeded by |
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