Lewis Steenrod

Lewis Steenrod
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia
In office
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1845
Preceded byWilliam S. Morgan
Succeeded byWilliam G. Brown Sr.
Constituency21st district (1839–1843)
15th district (1843–1845)
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the Ohio, Hancock, Brooke district
In office
December 5, 1853 – December 6, 1857
Preceded byThomas Sweeney
Succeeded byAlfred Caldwell
Personal details
Born(1810-05-27)May 27, 1810
Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia), U.S.
DiedOctober 3, 1862(1862-10-03) (aged 52)
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
SpouseMary Neldon
ProfessionLawyer, 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.

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