Ebenezer Young (December 25, 1783 – August 18, 1851) was a

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from

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. He was born in

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and graduated from

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in 1806. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

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. In addition, he engaged in the manufacture of cloth at East Killingly, Connecticut. Young was elected as a Federalist to the

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in 1810, 1811, 1816, and 1817. He served in the

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1823–1825 and was again a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives 1826–1828, serving as speaker in 1827 and 1828. He was elected to the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, and Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1835) and served as chairman, Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (

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). He died in West Killingly, Connecticut in 1851 and was buried in Westfield Cemetery, Danielson, Connecticut.

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