| 词条 | Valentine B. Horton |
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| name=Valentine Baxter Horton | image= Valentine B. Horton-ppmsca.26742.jpg |caption=in 35th Congress |state=Ohio | district= 11th |term_start=March 4, 1855 |term_end=March 3, 1859 |preceded=Thomas Ritchey |succeeded=Charles D. Martin |term_start2=March 4, 1861 |term_end2=March 3, 1863 |preceded2=Charles D. Martin |succeeded2=Wells A. Hutchins | birth_date = {{birth date|1802|1|29}} | birth_place = Windsor, Vermont | death_date = {{death date and age|1888|1|14|1802|1|29}} | death_place = Pomeroy, Ohio | restingplace=Beech Grove Cemetery | party= Opposition, Republican | spouse= | children = | religion= |signature= |alma_mater = Partridge Military School }} Valentine Baxter Horton (January 29, 1802 – January 14, 1888) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio during the first two years of the American Civil War. BiographyBorn 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. 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. 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. He died in Pomeroy, Ohio, January 14, 1888, and was interred in Beech Grove Cemetery. References{{CongBio|H000800}} Retrieved on 2009-04-29{{Bioguide}}{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox|state=Ohio| district=11| before=Thomas Ritchey| years= 1855–1859| after=Charles D. Martin }}{{USRepSuccessionBox| state=Ohio| district=11| before=Charles D. Martin| years= 1861–1863| after=Wells A. Hutchins }}{{s-end}}{{OhioRepresentatives11}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Horton, Valentine Baxter}} 14 : 1802 births|1888 deaths|People from Windsor, Vermont|Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio|Ohio Republicans|Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio|Ohio Constitutional Convention (1850)|Politicians from Cincinnati|People of Ohio in the American Civil War|Ohio lawyers|Ohio University trustees|People from Pomeroy, Ohio|19th-century American politicians |
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