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Valentine B. Horton

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Valentine Horton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859
Preceded byThomas Ritchey
Succeeded byCharles D. Martin
In office
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Preceded byCharles D. Martin
Succeeded byWells A. Hutchins
Personal details
Born
Valentine Baxter Horton

(1802-01-29)January 29, 1802
Windsor, Vermont
DiedJanuary 14, 1888(1888-01-14) (aged 85)
Pomeroy, Ohio
Resting placeBeech Grove Cemetery
Political partyOpposition, Republican
Alma materPartridge Military School
OccupationLawyer and politician

Valentine Baxter Horton (January 29, 1802 – January 14, 1888) was a 19th Century American lawyer who served three terms U.S. Representative from Ohio around the time of the American Civil War.

Biography

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Born in Windsor, Vermont, Horton attended the Partridge Military School and afterward became one of its tutors. He studied law in Middletown, Connecticut, and was admitted to the bar in 1830.

Early career

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He moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he practiced.

He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1833, and on to Pomeroy, Ohio, in 1835. He engaged in the sale and transportation of coal and the development of the salt industry.

He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1850.

Congress

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Horton was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress and was reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1858.

He served as member of the Peace Conference of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war. He engaged in coal mining.

Horton was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861–March 3, 1863). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862 and returned to his home.

Death and burial

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He died in Pomeroy, Ohio, January 14, 1888, and was interred in Beech Grove Cemetery.

References

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  • United States Congress. "Valentine B. Horton (id: H000800)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-04-29

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 11th congressional district

1855–1859
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 11th congressional district

1861–1863
Succeeded by