The Civil Rights Act of 1875

Lorenzo Danford

(October 18, 1829 — June 19, 1899) Lorenzo Danford was an American politician and lawyer. Danford was born in Township, Ohio in 1829. He attended college in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1854. In 1857, Danford became the prosecuting attorney for Belmont County, and acted in that capacity until 1861. That same year he enlisted in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served as a private, lieutenant, and captain. Danford was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1879. After not being reelected in 1878, he resumed practicing law until he was again elected to Congress in 1894. Danford served again in the House from March 4, 1895 until his death on June 19, 1899. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000028]

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