Dumont, Ebenezer
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 23, 1814, in Vevay, Ind. He was a member of the state legislature in 1838; and from 1839 to 1845 was treasurer of his county. He served in the war with Mexico as a lieutenant-colonel, and was in several battles. He was a presidential elector in 1852, and in 1850 and 1853 was again elected to the legislature. He was president for nine years of the State Bank of Indiana. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth congresses. He died April 16, 1871, in Indianapolis, Ind.