Ebenezer Young (December 25, 1783 – August 18, 1851) was a
United States representative from
Connecticut. He was born in
Killingly, Connecticut and graduated from
Yale College in 1806. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Danielson, Connecticut. In addition, he engaged in the manufacture of cloth at
East Killingly, Connecticut
Killingly is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 17,752 at the 2020 census. It consists of the borough of Danielson and the villages of Attawaugan, Ballouville, Dayville, East Killingly, Rogers, and South ...
.
Young was elected as a Federalist to the
Connecticut House of Representatives in 1810, 1811, 1816, and 1817. He served in the
Connecticut Senate 1823–1825 and was again a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives 1826–1828, serving as speaker in 1827 and 1828. He was elected to the
Twenty-first,
Twenty-second, and
Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1835) and served as chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (
Twenty-second Congress
The 22nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1831 ...
). He died in
West Killingly, Connecticut in 1851 and was buried in Westfield Cemetery, Danielson, Connecticut.
References
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1783 births
1851 deaths
People from Killingly, Connecticut
Connecticut Federalists
Yale College alumni
Speakers of the Connecticut House of Representatives
National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
19th-century American politicians