Lemuel Todd

Lemuel Todd (July 29, 1817 – May 12, 1891) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Lemuel Todd was born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle in 1839. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Carlisle.

Todd was elected as an Oppositionist to the Thirty-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for reelection in 1856. During the American Civil War, Todd served in the Union Army as the major of the First Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Reserves. He was inspector general of Pennsylvania on the governor’s staff.

Todd was again elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874. He resumed the practice of law, and died in Carlisle in 1891. Interment was in Ashland Cemetery.

References

• Lemuel Todd at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-15
• The Political Graveyard

External links

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Carlton B. Curtis	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	Succeeded by John A. Ahl
Preceded by Seat created	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district Elected on a general ticket alongside: Charles Albright and Glenni W. Scofield March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Succeeded by Seat eliminated