Ezekiel Whitman

Ezekiel Whitman (March 9, 1776 – August 1, 1866) was a Representative from Maine, both when it was the District of Maine within Massachusetts and after it became an independent state. He was born in East Bridgewater in the Province of Massachusetts Bay on March 9, 1776. He graduated from Brown University in 1795. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in New Gloucester, Maine and in Portland, Maine (both communities a district of Massachusetts until 1820).

Ezekiel Whitman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1821 – June 1, 1822
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Mark Harris
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 15th 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]
Personal details
Born	(1776-03-09)March 9, 1776 East Bridgewater, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died	August 1, 1866(1866-08-01) (aged 90) East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	American
Political party	Federalist
Alma mater	Brown University
Occupation	Lawyer

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1806 to the Tenth Congress. He was elected as a Federalist 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 the Maine Supreme Judicial Court 1841-1848. He retired in 1852 and returned to East Bridgewater, Massachusetts where he died on August 1, 1866.

References

1. This district was moved to Maine as a result of the Missouri Compromise in 1820.

• United States Congress. "Ezekiel Whitman (id: W000421)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Ezekiel Whitman at Find a Grave

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Daniel Ilsley	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 15th congressional district (Maine district) March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	Succeeded by William Widgery
Preceded by George Bradbury	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 15th congressional district (Maine district) March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	Succeeded by District moved to Maine
Preceded by District moved from Massachusetts	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1821 – June 1, 1822	Succeeded by Mark Harris