Ebenezer F. Norton Explained

Ebenezer F. Norton
State2:New York
District2:30th
Term Start2:March 4, 1829
Term End2:March 3, 1831
Predecessor2:Daniel G. Garnsey
Successor2:Bates Cooke
Birth Name:Ebenezer Foote Norton
Birth Date:7 November 1774
Birth Place:Goshen, Connecticut Colony, British America
Death Place:Buffalo, New York, U.S.

Ebenezer Foote Norton (November 7, 1774  - May 11, 1851) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1829 to 1831.

Biography

Born in Goshen in the Connecticut Colony, Norton completed preparatory studies.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced.

He moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1815.Attorney for the Niagara Bank.He was one of the founders of the original Buffalo Harbor Co. in 1819.

Political career

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Erie Co.) in 1823.

Norton was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829  - March 3, 1831).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress.

Later career and death

He resumed his law practice.

He died in Buffalo, New York, May 11, 1851.