Ezra B. French, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American politician
Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1810
Place of Birth: Landaff, New Hampshire, United States
Date of Death: 24-Apr-1880
Profession: lawyer, politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Ezra B. French
- Ezra Bartlett French (July 28, 1810 – April 24, 1880) was a United States Representative from Maine.
- He was born in Landaff, New Hampshire where he attended the common schools and pursued an academic course.
- Later, he studied law in Bath and Plymouth, New Hampshire and was admitted to the bar in 1833.
- He commenced practice in Portland and Waldoboro, Maine.
- Later, he moved to Nobleboro, Maine (present-day Damariscotta), and continued practice. French was a member of the Maine House of Representatives 1838–1840 and served in the Maine Senate 1842–1845.
- He was the Secretary of State of Maine 1845–1850.
- He also was bank commissioner and worked as a newspaper editor in 1856.
- He assisted in organizing the Republican Party in 1856. French was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1860.
- He served as a member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending American Civil War.
- He was appointed Second Auditor of the Treasury August 3, 1861, by President Abraham Lincoln, and continued during the administrations of Presidents Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S.
- Grant, and Rutherford B.
- Hayes, serving until his death in Washington, D.C., in 1880.
- He was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Damariscotta, Maine.
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