Ebenezer Knowlton
Ebenezer Knowlton | |
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Ebenezer Knowlton | |
Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 4rd district | |
In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | |
Preceded by | E. Wilder Farley |
Succeeded by | Nehemiah Abbott |
18th Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives | |
In office 1846–1847 | |
Preceded by | Moses Macdonald |
Succeeded by | Hugh Dean McLellan |
Member of the Maine House of Representatives | |
Personal details | |
Born | Pittsfield, New Hampshire, U.S.A. | 6 December 1815
Died | 10 September 1874 58) South Montville, Maine | (aged
Political party | Opposition Party |
Other political affiliations |
Republican Party |
Occupation | Minister, Congressman |
Ebenezer Knowlton (December 6, 1815 - September 10, 1874) was a U.S. Representative from Maine, Free Will Baptist minister, and co-founder of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
Biography
Born in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, Knowlton moved with his parents to South Montville, Maine, in 1825. He attended the China and Waterville Academies in Maine. He studied theology and entered the ministry as a Free Will Baptist.
Career
Knowlton served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1844 to 1850, and served as speaker in 1846.[1] Knowlton was elected as an Opposition Party (a party transitioning between the Whigs and Republicans) candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1857.[2] He became an early member of the Republican Party and was a lifelong supporter of abolitionism and the temperance movement.
Knowlton was a founder and longtime trustee of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and worked closely with Bates President Oren B. Cheney, serving as president of the board of overseers. Knowlton also served as a trustee of Colby College and Maine Central Institute, and after the Civil War he worked for the Freedmen's Bureau in Beaufort, South Carolina.
He was a corporator of the Morning Star, a Free Will Baptist newspaper, and was president of the Foreign Missions Board. Knowlton continued his ministerial duties until his death.
Death
Knowlton died in South Montville, Maine on September 10, 1874, and is interred in the South Montville City Cemetery.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Knowlton, Ebenezer, (1815 - 1874)". Biographical Directory of the United StatesCongress. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Rep. Ebenezer Knowlton". govtrack.us. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
- ↑ "Ebenezer Knowlton". Find A Grave. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
External links
- Ebenezer Knowlton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Find A Grave
- Nathan Franklin Carter, The Native Ministry of New Hampshire, (1906)
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by E. Wilder Farley |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
Succeeded by Nehemiah Abbott |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Moses Macdonald |
18th Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives 1846-1847 |
Succeeded by Hugh Dean McLellan |
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