Ebenezer Dumont was a US Representative from Indiana, serving two terms from 1863 to 1867.
10 Facts About Ebenezer Dumont
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Ebenezer Dumont pursued classical studies at Hanover College and studied law.
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Ebenezer Dumont was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Vevay.
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Ebenezer Dumont served as member of the State house of representatives in 1838.
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Ebenezer Dumont served as member of the State house of representatives in 1850 and 1853.
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Ebenezer Dumont was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on September 3,1861, and served until February 28,1863, when he resigned from the army to resume his political career.
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Ebenezer Dumont was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress and was reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress.
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Ebenezer Dumont served as chairman of the Committee on District of Columbia and the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior.
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Ebenezer Dumont was not a candidate for renomination in 1866.
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Ebenezer Dumont was appointed by President Ulysses S Grant as the Governor of Idaho Territory, but died in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 16,1871, before taking the oath of office.