Ebenezer Huntington

Ebenezer Huntington (December 26, 1754 – June 17, 1834) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Norwich, Connecticut. He pursued academic studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1775. He served as a soldier during the American Revolutionary War, first in the Lexington alarm in April 1775 and later with the 3rd and 1st Connecticut Regiments. As a lieutenant colonel, he commanded a light infantry battalion at Yorktown.

He was promoted to brigadier general in the United States Army, July 19, 1798 when war with France was threatened, and was honorably discharged June 15, 1800.

Huntington was elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel W. Dana and served from October 11, 1810, to March 3, 1811. He was elected to the Fifteenth Congress (1817–1819). He died in Norwich, Connecticut in 1834 and was buried in Old Colony Cemetery.

References

• Ebenezer Huntington at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-04-07
• Purcell, L. Edward. Who Was Who in the American Revolution. New York: Facts on File, 1993. ISBN 0-8160-2107-4.