Eben Francis Stone (August 3, 1822 – January 22, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from

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from 1881 to 1887.

Biography

Stone was born in

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to Ebenezer and Fanny (Coolidge) Stone. Stone attended North Andover Academy and graduated from

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in 1843 and from

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in 1846. He was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in

Early career

He served as president of the common council in 1851. He served in the

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in 1857, 1858, and 1861. Stone enlisted in the Union Army during the

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, and commanded the 48th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. Stone served as the eleventh mayor of Newburyport in 1867. Stone served as member of the

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in 1867, 1877, 1878, and 1880.

Congress

Stone was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1886.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law in

, where he died January 22, 1895. Stone was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.

References

* Headley, Phineas Camp: ''Public men of to-day: being biographies of the President and Vice-President of the United States, each member of the Cabinet, the United States Senators and the members of the House of Representatives of the Forty-Seventh Congress, the Chief Justice and justices of the Supreme Court of the United, and of the Governors of the Several States''., pages 590–591, (1882).

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The 48th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
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