Ezra Dean

Ezra Dean
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 18th district
In office March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1845
Preceded by	David A. Starkweather
Succeeded by	David A. Starkweather
Personal details
Born	April 9, 1795 Hillsdale, New York
Died	January 25, 1872 (aged 76) Ironton, Ohio
Political party	Democratic

Ezra Dean (April 9, 1795 – January 25, 1872) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1841 to 1845.

Early life and career

Born in Hillsdale, New York, Dean attended the common schools. In the War of 1812, he was appointed ensign in the Eleventh Regiment of United States Infantry April 17, 1814. He was commissioned as a lieutenant October 1, 1814, as recognition for meritorious conduct at the sortie of Fort Erie. At the close of the war, he was placed in command of a revenue cutter on Lake Champlain.

He resigned the military to study law and was admitted to the bar in Plattsburgh, New York, in 1823. He settled in Wooster, Ohio in 1824 and commenced the practice of law. He served as postmaster of Wooster from 1828 to 1832, and as president judge of the court of common pleas from 1834 to 1841.

U.S. House

Dean was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845). He served as chairman of the Committee on the Militia (Twenty-eighth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1844.

Retirement and death

He resumed the practice of law in Wooster. He moved to Ironton, Ohio, in 1867, and died there January 25, 1872. He was interred in Woodland Cemetery.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Ezra Dean (id: D000171)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Ezra Dean at Find a Grave

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