Preceded by Ezra B. Taylor Alma mater Kingsville Academy Party Republican Party Preceded by Abner Kellogg Name Stephen Northway Succeeded by Charles W. F. Dick | Resting place Oakdale Cemetery Role U.S. representative Resigned September 8, 1898 Political party Republican Education Kingsville Academy | |
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Born June 19, 1833
Christian Hollow, New York ( 1833-06-19 ) Died September 8, 1898, Jefferson, Ohio, United States | ||
Stephen Asa Northway (June 19, 1833 – September 8, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
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Early life
Born in Christian Hollow, New York, Northway moved with his parents in 1840 to the township of Orwell, Ohio. He attended the district school, Kingsville Academy, and Orwell Academy. He taught school. He studied law.
Career
He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Jefferson, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Ashtabula County 1861-1865. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1865 and 1866. He resumed the practice of law.
Later life and death
Northway was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1893, until his death in Jefferson, Ohio, on September 8, 1898. He was interred in Oakdale Cemetery.