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Ebenezer Sage
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1815
Preceded bySamuel Riker
Succeeded byGeorge Townsend
Personal details
Born(1755-08-16)August 16, 1755
Chatham, Connecticut Colony, British America
DiedJanuary 20, 1834(1834-01-20) (aged 78)
Sag Harbor, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
SpouseRuth Smith
ChildrenFrances Mary Sage
John Smith Sage
Alma materYale College

Ebenezer Sage (August 16, 1755 – January 20, 1834) was a United States representative from New York.

Early life

Sage was born in that part of the town of Chatham (which was later separated as the Town of Portland) in the Connecticut Colony.[1] He was a son of David Sage, the first representative from Chatham to the General Assembly, serving from 1768 to 1775.[2]

He received his early education from a private tutor and graduated from Yale College in 1778, the same class as Joel Barlow and Noah Webster.[2] He studied medicine, and commenced practice in Easthampton, Suffolk County, New York, in 1784.[1]

Career

After practicing medicine in Easthampton for many years, he moved to Sag Harbor about 1801.[3]

Sage was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 11th, 12th and 13th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1809, to March 3, 1815. In the election for the 16th United States Congress Sage appeared to win, but only because votes for his opponent, James Guyon, Jr., were split between James Guyon, Jr. and James Guyon. Credentials of his election to Congress were issued by the Secretary of State of New York but Sage did not claim or take the seat. Guyon successfully contested Sage's election and was seated on January 14, 1820.[1]

Later life

Sage resumed the practice of medicine at Sag Harbor and was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821.[4]

Personal life

Sage was married to Ruth Smith (1764–1831), a daughter of Ruth (née Howell) Smith and Dr. William "Bull" Smith of Southampton,[5] a descendant of settler Richard Smith.[2] Together, they were the parents of Frances Mary "Fanny" Sage (who married Dr. Lawton and settled in Mobile, Alabama)[2] and John Smith Sage (1781–1882), who also became a doctor.[5]

He died at Sag Harbor and was originally buried at the Old Burying Ground, but later re-interred in Oakland Cemetery.

References

  1. ^ a b c "SAGE, Ebenezer (1755–1834)". bioguideretro.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Mulford, Anna (1897). A Sketch of Dr. John Smith Sage, of Sag-Harbor, N.Y. J.H. Hunt. p. 35. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Harmond, Richard. Ebenezer Sage of Sag Harbor: An Old Republican in Young America, 1812-1834. New-York Historical Society Quarterly 57 (October 1973): 309-25
  4. ^ Harmond, Richard J. A Reluctant War Hawk: Ebenezer Sage of Sag Harbor, Long Island, and the Coming of the War of 1812. Journal of Long Island History 14 (Fall 1977): 48-53.
  5. ^ a b Shillingburg, Patricia and Edward (2015). Nine Lives: A New Nation's Children. Shelter Island Heights, NY: Cedar Grove Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-329-64661-2. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 1st congressional district
1809–1815
John Lefferts 1813–15 		Succeeded by
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