Background
Steenrod, Lewis was born on May 27, 1810 in near Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia).
United States representative lawyer politician member of Virginia State Senate Member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
Steenrod, Lewis was born on May 27, 1810 in near Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia).
Born near Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia), Steenrod attended the common schools as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1835, commencing practice in Wheeling.
He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1838, serving from 1839 to 1845, and served in the Virginia Senate from 1853 to 1856. Afterwards, Steenrod resumed practicing law until his death near Wheeling, West Virginia on October 3, 1862. He was interred in Stone Church Cemetery in Elm Grove, West Virginia.
His home at Wheeling, known as Woodridge (Wheeling), was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
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