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Ezra Dean
House of Representatives
Member of the United States House of Representatives
In office
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1845
Preceded by David A. Starkweather
Succeeded by David A. Starkweather
Personal details
Born (1795-04-09)April 9, 1795
Hillsdale, New York
Died January 25, 1872(1872-01-25) (aged 76)
Ironton, Ohio
Political party Democratic

Ezra Dean (April 9, 1795 – January 25, 1872) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Hillsdale, New York, Dean attended the common schools. In the War of 1812 was appointed ensign in the Eleventh Regiment of United States Infantry April 17, 1814. Commissioned lieutenant October 1, 1814, for meritorious conduct at the sortie of Fort Erie. At the close of the war was placed in command of a revenue cutter on Lake Champlain. He resigned to study law. He was admitted to the bar in Plattsburgh, New York, in 1823. He settled in Wooster, Ohio in 1824 and commenced the practice of law. Postmaster of Wooster 1828–1832. He served as president judge of the court of common pleas 1834–1841.

Dean was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845). He served as chairman of the Committee on the Militia (Twenty-eighth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1844. He resumed the practice of law in Wooster. He moved to Ironton, Ohio, in 1867, and died there January 25, 1872. He was interred in Woodland Cemetery.

Sources[]

  • Ezra Dean at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  • Ezra Dean at Find a Grave

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
David A. Starkweather
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 18th congressional district

March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1845
Succeeded by
David A. Starkweather
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