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Daniel Sheldon Norton Jr.

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Born: April 12, 1829

Birthplace: Mount Vernon, Ohio

Father: Daniel Sheldon Norton Sr. 1788 – 1859

Mother: Sarah Banning 1792 – 1874

Wife: Elizabeth Hogg “Lizzie” Sherman 1837 – 1862
(Buried: Mound View Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Ohio)​

Married: August 21, 1856 in Mount Vernon, Ohio

Children:


Charles Lester Norton 1862 – 1862​

Political Party: Unionist Party and Republican Party
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Education:


Attended Kenyon College – (Some Sources State he graduated)​

Occupation before War:

Served in the Mexican – American War in 2nd​ Ohio Volunteers.​
1852 – 1855: Attorney in Mount Vernon, Ohio​
1855 – 1856: Attorney in Saint Paul, Minnesota​
1856 – 1865: Attorney in Winona, Minnesota​
1857 – 1860: Minnesota State Representative​

Civil War Career:

1856 – 1865: Attorney in Winona, Minnesota​
1861 – 1864: Minnesota State Senator​
1865 – 1870: United States Senator from Minnesota​
1865 – 1867: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee​
1865 – 1867: Member of Senate Territories Committee​

Occupation after War

1865 – 1870: United States Senator from Minnesota​
1865 – 1867: Member of Senate Indian Affairs Committee​
1865 – 1869: Member of Senate Territories Committee​
1867 – 1869: Member of Senate Public Buildings and Grounds Committee​
1868: Voted against the Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.​

Died: July 13, 1870

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Cause of Death: Consumption

Age at time of Death: 41 years old

Burial Place:
Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
 
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Norton died in office, The man who succeeded him was William Windom, future two time Secretary of the Treasury. Windom's first term as a Senator was only from July 1870 to January 1871.So it was apparent that he was filling out someone else's term.
 
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