Daniel Sheldon Norton Jr.
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
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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