Ezra Meech

Ezra Meech
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's At-large district
In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
Preceded by	William Hunter
Succeeded by	John Mattocks
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's 4th district
In office March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Preceded by	Daniel Azro Ashley Buck
Succeeded by	Benjamin Swift
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office 1805–1807
Personal details
Born	(1773-07-26)July 26, 1773 New London, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	September 23, 1856(1856-09-23) (aged 83) Shelburne, Vermont, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican, Jacksonian
Spouse(s)	Mary McNeil Meech[1]
Children	Mary Meech, James Meech, Jane Meech, William Meech, Jane Ann Meech, Henry B. Meech, Ellen Meech and William Meech[2]
Profession	Politician, Fur trader
Religion	Methodist Episcopal

Ezra Meech (July 26, 1773 – September 23, 1856) was an American fur trader and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont.

Biography

Meech was born in New London, Connecticut to Elisha Meech and Faith Satterly Meech. He moved to Hinesburg, Vermont with his parents in 1785 and attended the common schools. Meech engaged in the fur trade in the Northwest and in ship-timber contracts in Canada.^[3] In 1795 he opened a store at Charlotte Four Corners, Vermont. He moved to Shelburne, Vermont and controlled a farm and ranch store. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising. In 1806 he was an agent of the Northwestern Fur Company.^[4]

Meech was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1805 until 1807.^[5] He was elected as a Democratic-Republican candidate to the Sixteenth United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1819 until March 3, 1821.^[6] He was a delegate to the state constitutional conventions in 1822 and 1826, and was chief justice of Chittenden County, Vermont Court in 1822 and 1823.

Meech was elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the Nineteenth United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1825 until March 3, 1827.^[7] He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of Vermont in 1830, 1831, 1832, and 1833. Meech served as a presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1840.^[8] He then resumed agricultural pursuits.

Personal life

Meech married Mary McNeil Meech in 1800.^[9] They had eight children; Mary Meech, James Meech, Jane Meech, William Meech, Jane Ann Meech, Henry B. Meech, Ellen Meech and William Meech.^[10]

Death

Meech died on September 23, 1856 in Shelburne, Vermont. He is interred at the Shelburne Village Cemetery.^[11]

References

Further reading

• "Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 2" by Hiram Carleton, published by Lewis Publishing Company, 1903.

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• Chittenden County Biographies: Biography of Hon. Ezra Beech