Lorenzo Danford

Lorenzo Danford

Lorenzo Danford (October 18, 1829 - June 19, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Washington Township, Ohio, Danford attended the common schools and a college at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, for two years.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar at St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, in September 1854, and commenced practice there.He served as presidential elector on the American Party ticket in 1856.He served as prosecuting attorney of Belmont County from 1857 to 1861, when he resigned to enlist in the Fifteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private. Commissioned a lieutenant and later a captain, and served until honorably discharged in August 1864.He resumed the practice of his profession in St. Clairsville.

Danford was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878.He resumed the practice of his profession.

Danford was elected to the Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, and Fifty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, until his death in St. Clairsville, Ohio, June 19, 1899.He served as chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (Fifty-fifth Congress).He was interred in the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery.

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