Daniel Newton Lockwood (June 1, 1841 – June 1, 1906) was an American lawyer, politician from

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, and the 18th District Attorney of Erie County, New York. He served a total of three terms in the

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from 1877 to 1879, then again from 1891 to 1895.

Life

Lockwood was born on June 1, 1841, in rural town of

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. He was the son of Martha (

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Phillips) Lockwood and Harrison Lockwood. He was the grandson of Ebenezer Lockwood, and great-grandson of Timothy Lockwood, who fought in the

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. 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

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, where he became a member of the Alpha charge of

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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

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, under Humphrey, Lockwood & Hoyt. He was District Attorney of Erie County from January 1, 1875, until October 1, 1877.

Tenure in Congress

Lockwood was elected as a Democrat to the

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, and served from March 4, 1877, to March 3, 1879. He was a delegate to the

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and

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s. In 1884, he nominated

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, his closest friend, for

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. Lockwood was appointed the

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for the

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by President Cleveland, and served from 1886 to 1889. Lockwood was elected again to the 52nd and

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es, and served from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1895. While serving in Congress, in

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, he ran for

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on three Democratic tickets with David B. Hill and Everett P. Wheeler for Governor, but was defeated by Republican Charles T. Saxton. Lockwood was a delegate to the

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Later career

After the end of his political career he resumed his law practice before being selected by then New York Governor

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to serve as the general manager from New York at the

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in 1901, the site of

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's assassination. He also served as president and manager of the Akron Cement Works, the Buffalo Sewer Pipe Company, and the Buffalo, New York & Erie Railroad Company. He was a director of the New York and New Jersey Bridge Company and the Merchants' Bank and the Third National Bank. In 1903, Lockwood was appointed by Governor Benjamin Odell to the New York State Lunacy Commission, a position which he held until his death.

Personal life

On October 18, 1870, Lockwood was married to Sarah Brown (1847–1898), daughter of Thomas Brown. He lived in a mansion on Niagara Street in Buffalo. Together, they were the parents of two children: * Elizabeth Lockwood (1873–1919), who married Bronson C. Rumsey (1851–1946) in 1899. * Thomas Brown Lockwood (1873–1947), who married Marion Birge, sister-in-law of George Cary, in 1904. He unsuccessfully ran for

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. Lockwood died on his birthday at his home in

, on June 1, 1906, after suffering from

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and

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. He was buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.

References

External links

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Photograph of Lockwood
at the

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