Frank Hereford

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(July 4, 1825 — December 21, 1891) Hereford was an American politician and lawyer. Frank Hereford was born in Fauquier County, Virginia. He studied law art McKendree College in Illinois and was admitted to the bar in 1845. He moved to California in 1849, where he served as district attorney of Sacramento County from 1855 to 1857. He moved back to West Virginia in 1857 and was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1871 to January 31, 1877. He was again elected to the the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Allen Caperton and served in the Senate from 1877 to 1881. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000527]

Member of West Virginia Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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