Ezra Dean (April 9, 1795 – January 25, 1872) was an American politician, lawyer and judge who served two terms as aU.S. Representative fromOhio from 1841 to 1845.

Ezra Dean was born on April 9, 1795, inHillsdale, New York. Dean attended common schools.^[1][2]

In theWar of 1812, he was appointed ensign of the11th Infantry Regiment on April 17, 1814, by Secretary of WarWilliam Eustis. He was commissioned as a lieutenant on October 1, 1814, as recognition for meritorious conduct at the sortie of Fort Erie. He was present at the battles ofBridgewater andChippawa. At the close of the war, he was placed in command of a revenue cutter on Lake Champlain. He served in that role for two years before resigning. He was then assigned as a member of the corps of government engineers running a boundary line between Maine and New Brunswick for about one year.^[1][2]

He resigned the military to study law with an attorney in Vermont. He wasadmitted to the bar inPlattsburgh, New York, in 1823. He settled inWooster, Ohio, in 1824 and commenced the practice of law.^[1][2]

He was appointed postmaster of Wooster in 1828 by PresidentAndrew Jackson. He served until 1832. He was elected judge of the court of common pleas; serving from 1834 to 1841.^[1][2] Dean was elected as aDemocrat to theTwenty-seventh andTwenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845). He served as chairman of the committee on the militia (Twenty-eighth Congress). He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1844.^[1] After serving, he resumed the practice of law in Wooster. He partnered with John McSweeney.^[1][2]

Dean had a son E. V. Dean.^[2]

He moved toIronton, Ohio, in 1867. He died in Ironton on January 25, 1872. He was interred in Woodland Cemetery.^[1][2]

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