Lewis Steenrod | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 21st district | |
| In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | |
| Preceded by | William S. Morgan |
| Succeeded by | district obsolete |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 15th district | |
| In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | |
| Preceded by | Richard W. Barton |
| Succeeded by | William Gay Brown, Sr. |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from the Ohio, Hancock, Brooke district | |
| In office December 5, 1853 – December 6, 1857 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Sweeney |
| Succeeded by | Alfred Caldwell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 27, 1810 Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia), US |
| Died | October 3, 1862 (aged 52) Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Mary Neldon |
| Profession | lawyer, politician |
Lewis Steenrod (May 27, 1810 – October 3, 1862) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia, who helped secure Congressional authorization of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge but who later opposed secession of what became West Virginia months before his death.[1][2]