US Congressman, Lawyer. He was a United States Representative from the State of Ohio. He was born one of five children as Stephen Asa Northway to Orange Northway (1799-1865), and his wife Maria Graff Northway (1807-1891), in Christian Hollow, Onondaga County, New York, on June 19, 1833. He moved with his parents and siblings to the township of Orwell, Ohio, in 1840. He was educated locally and attended the Kingsville Academy in Kingsville, Ohio, and the Orwell Academy in Orwell, Ohio. He then taught school for awhile before studying law. He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced his practice of law in Jefferson, Ohio, shortly thereafter. He then served a term as the Prosecuting Attorney of Ashtabula County, Ohio, from 1861 to 1865. He then became interested in politics and was elected and served a term as a Member of the Ohio State House of Representatives in 1865 and 1866. He then resumed his practice of law for sometime before deciding to run for a seat in the United States Congress. He was elected to succeed the outgoing United States Representative Ezra Booth Taylor (1823-1912), on March 4, 1893. A Member of the Republican Party, he then served Ohio's 19th District (the Fifty-Third Congress, the Fifty-Fourth Congress, and the Fifty-Fifth Congress), in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1893, to September 8, 1898. He unexpectedly passed away while still serving in office on September 8, 1898, and due to his death, his seat remained vacant from September 8, 1898, to November 8, 1898. Following his death in office while still serving in the United States Congress, he was succeeded in office by the incoming United States Representative Charles William Frederick Dick (1858-1945), first through a special election to finish his term and then reelected on November 8, 1898. In total, he was elected in 1892, reelected in 1894, reelected in 1894, and due to his death while still in office the United States Representative Charles William Frederick Dick (1858-1945), was elected to succeed him first in a special election to finish out his term and then reelected to another term on November 8, 1898. His initial cause of death when he passed away in Jefferson, Ohio, on September 8, 1898, at the age of 72, was from Bright's Disease and other ailments. Following his death, funeral services were held in his honor, and he was buried in Oakdale Cemetery in Jefferson, Ohio. He was married to Lydia Ann Dodge Northway (1839-1898), in Lenox, Ohio, on January 1, 1862, with whom he had two children, Clara Northway (1866- 1935, last name later Burns), and Bruce Orange Northway (1870-1876). His wife Lydia survived him by only a few weeks and she passed away in Ashtabula, Ohio, on September 30, 1898, at the age of 59, and she is also buried in Oakdale Cemetery in Jefferson, Ohio.
US Congressman, Lawyer. He was a United States Representative from the State of Ohio. He was born one of five children as Stephen Asa Northway to Orange Northway (1799-1865), and his wife Maria Graff Northway (1807-1891), in Christian Hollow, Onondaga County, New York, on June 19, 1833. He moved with his parents and siblings to the township of Orwell, Ohio, in 1840. He was educated locally and attended the Kingsville Academy in Kingsville, Ohio, and the Orwell Academy in Orwell, Ohio. He then taught school for awhile before studying law. He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced his practice of law in Jefferson, Ohio, shortly thereafter. He then served a term as the Prosecuting Attorney of Ashtabula County, Ohio, from 1861 to 1865. He then became interested in politics and was elected and served a term as a Member of the Ohio State House of Representatives in 1865 and 1866. He then resumed his practice of law for sometime before deciding to run for a seat in the United States Congress. He was elected to succeed the outgoing United States Representative Ezra Booth Taylor (1823-1912), on March 4, 1893. A Member of the Republican Party, he then served Ohio's 19th District (the Fifty-Third Congress, the Fifty-Fourth Congress, and the Fifty-Fifth Congress), in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1893, to September 8, 1898. He unexpectedly passed away while still serving in office on September 8, 1898, and due to his death, his seat remained vacant from September 8, 1898, to November 8, 1898. Following his death in office while still serving in the United States Congress, he was succeeded in office by the incoming United States Representative Charles William Frederick Dick (1858-1945), first through a special election to finish his term and then reelected on November 8, 1898. In total, he was elected in 1892, reelected in 1894, reelected in 1894, and due to his death while still in office the United States Representative Charles William Frederick Dick (1858-1945), was elected to succeed him first in a special election to finish out his term and then reelected to another term on November 8, 1898. His initial cause of death when he passed away in Jefferson, Ohio, on September 8, 1898, at the age of 72, was from Bright's Disease and other ailments. Following his death, funeral services were held in his honor, and he was buried in Oakdale Cemetery in Jefferson, Ohio. He was married to Lydia Ann Dodge Northway (1839-1898), in Lenox, Ohio, on January 1, 1862, with whom he had two children, Clara Northway (1866- 1935, last name later Burns), and Bruce Orange Northway (1870-1876). His wife Lydia survived him by only a few weeks and she passed away in Ashtabula, Ohio, on September 30, 1898, at the age of 59, and she is also buried in Oakdale Cemetery in Jefferson, Ohio.
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