Esbon Blackmar

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Esbon Blackmar (June 19, 1805 - November 19, 1857) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Freehold, New York, Blackmar attended the district schools and was graduated from the high school. He engaged in the general merchandise business. He served as member of the State senate in 1838 and 1841.

Blackmar was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John M. Holley and served from December 4, 1848, to March 3, 1849. He resumed his former business activities. He died in Newark, New York, on November 19, 1857. He was interred in Willow Avenue Cemetery.

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• Esbon Blackmar at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress