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L'HOMMEDIEU, Ezra, lawyer, born in Stronghold, L. I., 30 August, 1734; died there, 28 September, 1811. His ancestor, Benjamin, was a Huguenot, of Rochelle, France, who came to New York in 1687, and settled in Southold in 1690. He was graduated at Yale in 1754, studied law, and practised in New York city. He was a delegate to the New York provincial congress in 1775-'8, and assisted in forming the first state constitution. Mr. L'Hommedieu was a member of the New York assembly in 1777-'83, and chosen a delegate to the Continental congress in 1779, 1781, 1783, 1787, and 1788. He was state senator from 1784 till 1792, and from 1794 till 1809, was once a member of the council of appointment, and was regent of the state university from 1787 until his death. In polities he was a Federalist. Mr. L'Hommedieu contributed papers to the first New York agricultural society.
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