Ebenezer F. Norton

American politician
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IntroAmerican politician
PlacesUnited States of America
wasPolitician Lawyer
Work fieldLaw Politics
Gender
Male
Birth7 November 1774
Death11 May 1851 (aged 76 years)
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Biography

Ebenezer Foote Norton (November 7, 1774 – May 11, 1851) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Goshen, Connecticut, Norton completed preparatory studies. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. He moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1815. Attorney for the Niagara Bank. He was one of the founders of the original Buffalo Harbor Co. in 1819.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Erie Co.) in 1823.
Norton was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress. He resumed his law practice. He died in Buffalo, New York, May 11, 1851.

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