Daniel N. Lockwood
American politician
Daniel Newton Lockwood (June 1, 1841 – June 1, 1906) was an American lawyer, politician from New York, and the 18th District Attorney of Erie County, New York. He served a total of three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1877 to 1879, then again from 1891 to 1895.
Life
Lockwood was born on June 1, 1841, in rural town of Hamburg, New York. He was the son of Martha (née Phillips) Lockwood and Harrison Lockwood. He was the grandson of Ebenezer Lockwood, and great-grandson of Timothy Lockwood, who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
As a boy, he was poor and his father died early so he had to move in with his relative, Timothy T. Lockwood, the Mayor of Buffalo from 1858 to 1859. Through hardship, he managed to obtain a common school education. In 1865, he graduated from Union College in Schenectady, where he became a member of the Alpha charge of Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
Career
After graduating from Union College, he studied law in the office of Judge James M. Humphrey, was admitted to the New York bar in 1866, and commenced practice in Buffalo, New York, under Humphrey, Lockwood & Hoyt. He was District Attorney of Erie County from January 1, 1875, until October 1, 1877.
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