Governor Henry W. Edwards Died August 19, 1847 | Name Ebenezer Stoddard Preceded by Thaddeus Betts Resigned March 4, 1825 | |
Political party Democratic-Republican Party | ||
Ebenezer Stoddard (May 6, 1785 – August 19, 1847) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Union. He attended Woodstock Academy in 1802 and in 1803, and was graduated from Brown University in 1807. After studying, he was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in West Woodstock.
Stoddard was elected as Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress and reelected as an Adams-Clay Republican candidate to the Eighteenth Congress (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1825). After leaving Congress, he served in the Connecticut Senate in 1825–1827. He was the 13th and 15th lieutenant governor of the state in 1833 and 1835–1837. He continued to practice law before dying in West Woodstock in 1847. He was buried in Bungay Cemetery.