Sheldon Lyne Toomer Sr. (died March 26, 1872) was an American politician who was one of the first two

Alabama House of Representatives The Alabama House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with ...

members for

Lee County, Alabama Lee County is a County (United States), county located in east central Alabama. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 174,241. The county seat is Opelika, Alabama, Opelika, and the largest city is Auburn, Alabama, ...

. He was elected in 1870 and served alongside Jos. Simms. He was a veteran of the

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. His son was

Sheldon L. Toomer Sheldon Lyne Toomer Jr. (July 14, 1872 – September 27, 1957) was an American politician and businessman. A member of the Alabama Democratic Party, he served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1935 to 1939, and in the Alabama Senate fr ...

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19th-century members of the Alabama Legislature 1872 deaths People from Lee County, Alabama {{Alabama-politician-stub