11 Facts About Lorenzo Danford

Lorenzo Dow Danford was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a US Representative from Ohio from 1873 to 1879 and again from 1895 to 1899.

Lorenzo Danford was admitted to the bar at St Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, in September 1854, and commenced practice there.

Lorenzo Danford served as presidential elector on the American Party ticket in 1856.

Lorenzo Danford 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.

Lorenzo Danford resumed the practice of his profession in St Clairsville.

Lorenzo Danford was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses representing Ohio's 16th Congressional District.

Lorenzo Danford was not a candidate for renomination in 1878.

Lorenzo 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.

Lorenzo Danford served as chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.

Lorenzo Danford was interred in the Methodist Cemetery in St Clairsville, Ohio on Newell Avenue behind the Court House.

Mr Danford was first married on October 7,1858, to Annie H Cook, of Jefferson County, Ohio, who died October 24,1867.