Ebenezer Herrick (October 21, 1785 – May 7, 1839) was a

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from

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, father of

Anson Herrick Anson Herrick (January 21, 1812 – February 6, 1868) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War. A newspaperman by trade, he served a single term in Unite ...

Biography

Born in

Lewiston, Maine Lewiston (; ; officially the City of Lewiston, Maine) is List of cities in Maine, the second largest city in Maine and the most central city in Androscoggin County, Maine, Androscoggin County. The city lies halfway between Augusta, Maine, August ...

(then a district of Massachusetts), Herrick attended the common schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

Bowdoinham, Maine Bowdoinham is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,047 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. The town is located on the west s ...

. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits 1814–1818. He served as member of the

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in 1819, served as member of the convention which formed the first constitution of the State of Maine in 1820, and was Secretary of the

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in 1821. Herrick was elected as a

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to the Seventeenth Congress, elected as an

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to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1827). He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1826, and served as a member of the Maine Senate. He died in Lewiston on May 7, 1839, and was interred in the Old Herrick Burying Ground.

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