US Con Horton, Valentine Baxter - U.S. Congressman, OH

Valentine Baxter Horton Sr.
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Born: January 29, 1802

Birthplace: Windsor, Vermont

Father: Zenas Horton 1773 – 1835
(Buried: Old South Church Cemetery, Windsor, Vermont)​

Mother: Nancy Seaver 1770 – 1835
(Buried: Old South Church Cemetery, Windsor, Vermont)​

Wife: Clara Alsop Pomeroy 1804 – 1894
(Buried: Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Ohio)​

Father-in-law of: Major General John Pope 1822 – 1892
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri)​

Father-in-law of: Brigadier General Manning F. Force 1824 – 1899
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)​

Children:

Valentine Baxter Horton Jr. 1826 – 1884​
(Buried: Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Ohio)​
Clara Pomeroy Horton Pope 1834 – 1888​
(Buried: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri)​
Frances Dabney Horton Force 1837 – 1900​
(Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio)​
Katherine Horton May 1841 – 1909​
(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)​
Samuel Dana Horton 1844 – 1895​
(Buried: Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Ohio)​

Political Party: Republican Party

Occupation before War:


1830 – 1833: Attorney in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania​
1833 – 1835: Attorney in Cincinnati, Ohio​
1835 – 1855: Attorney in Pomeroy, Ohio​
1835 – 1855: Businessman with Sale and Transportation of Coal​
1835 – 1855: Businessman in the Development in Salut Industry​
1855 – 1859: United States Congressman from Ohio​
1855 – 1857: Member of House Private Land Claims Committee​
1857 – 1859: Member of House Post Offices and Post Roads​
1858: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.​
1860: Member of Ohio State Constitutional Convention​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: United States Congressman from Ohio​
1861 – 1863: Member of House Ways and Means Committee​
1861: Member of Washington, D.C. Peace Conference​
1862: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.​
1855 – 1863: In his entire career, he only missed 534 of 1,915 votes.​
1863 – 1888: Coal Miner in Pomeroy, Ohio​

Died: January 14, 1888

Place of Death: Pomeroy, Ohio

Age at time of Death: 85 years old

Burial Place: Beech Grove Cemetery, Pomeroy, Ohio
 
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