STORER, Bellamy, Congress, OH (1796-1875)

STORER, Bellamy, (father of Bellamy Storer [1847-1922]), a Representative from Ohio; was born in Portland, Maine, March 26, 1796; attended private schools in his native city; entered Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1809; studied law in Boston; was admitted to the bar in Portland in 1817 and commenced practice in Cincinnati, Ohio, the same year; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress; professor in Cincinnati Law School 1855-1874; judge of the superior court of Cincinnati from its organization in 1854 until 1872, when he resigned; resumed the practice of law, and died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 1, 1875; interment in Spring Grove Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present