Ebenezer Fisher
{{short description|American politician}}
Ebenezer Fisher represented Dedham, Massachusetts in the Great and General Court.{{sfn|Worthington|1827|pp=106-107}} The Fisher School, now in Westwood, Massachusetts, was named in his honor.{{sfn|Slafter|1905|p=231}} He served as selectman in 1785.{{sfn|Worthington|1827|pp=79-81}} He voted against the Norfolk and Bristol Turnpike as a member of the legislature in 1802.{{sfn|Hanson|1976|p=220}} Fisher Ames was a driver for the road, and his brother Nathaniel believed his no vote made him a "traitor" motivated by "an ancient prejudice against the Old Parish," i.e. modern day Dedham.{{sfn|Hanson|1976|p=220}}
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- {{cite book|last=Worthington|first=Erastus |title=The history of Dedham: from the beginning of its settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827|url=https://archive.org/details/historydedhamfr00wortgoog|access-date=July 17, 2019|year=1827|publisher=Dutton and Wentworth}}
- {{cite book| title = A Record of Education: The Schools and Teachers of Dedham, Massachusetts 1644-1904| first = Carlos | last = Slafter| url = https://archive.org/details/arecordeducatio00slafgoog| quote = 1642-3.| publisher = Dedham Transcript Press| year = 1905}}
- {{cite book|last=Hanson|first=Robert Brand |title=Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635-1890|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4oslAQAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Dedham Historical Society}}
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