Daniel N. Lockwood

Lockwood was born on June 1, 1841, in rural town of Hamburg, New York. He was the son of Martha (née Phillips) Lockwood and Harrison Lockwood. He was the grandson of Ebenezer Lockwood, and great-grandson of Timothy Lockwood, who fought in the American Revolutionary War.{{cite book|last1=Holden|first1=Frederic A.|last2=Lockwood|first2=E. Dunbar|title=Descendants of Robert Lockwood: Colonial and Revolutionary History of the Lockwood Family in America, from A.D. 1630|date=1889|publisher=Printed privately by the family|page=[https://archive.org/details/descendantsofrob00inhold/page/684 684]|url=https://archive.org/details/descendantsofrob00inhold|access-date=April 13, 2018|language=en}}

As a boy, he was poor and his father died early so he had to move in with his relative, Timothy T. Lockwood, the Mayor of Buffalo from 1858 to 1859. Through hardship, he managed to obtain a common school education. In 1865, he graduated from Union College in Schenectady, where he became a member of the Alpha charge of Theta Delta Chi fraternity.

After graduating from Union College, he studied law in the office of Judge James M. Humphrey,{{cite web|title=Hon. Daniel Newton Lockwood - Erie County, NY Biographies|url=https://www.onlinebiographies.info/ny/erie/a-l/lockwood-dn.htm|website=www.onlinebiographies.info|publisher=The Boston History Company|access-date=April 13, 2018|archive-date=September 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922172041/http://www.onlinebiographies.info/ny/erie/a-l/lockwood-dn.htm|url-status=dead}} was admitted to the New York bar in 1866, and commenced practice in Buffalo, New York, under Humphrey, Lockwood & Hoyt. He was District Attorney of Erie County from January 1, 1875, until October 1, 1877.

Lockwood was elected as a Democrat to the 43rd United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1877, to March 3, 1879. He was a delegate to the 1880 and 1884 Democratic National Conventions. In 1884, he nominated Grover Cleveland, his closest friend, for President.{{cite news|title=DANIEL N. LOCKWOOD DYING.; Was the Nominator of Grover Cleveland Three Times.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1906/05/04/archives/daniel-n-lockwood-dying-was-the-nominator-of-grover-cleveland-three.html|access-date=April 13, 2018|work=The New York Times|date=May 4, 1906}} Lockwood was appointed the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York by President Cleveland, and served from 1886 to 1889.

Lockwood was elected again to the 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses, and served from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1895. While serving in Congress,{{cite news|title=Lockwood for Governor.; the Congressman Announces Himself as a Candidate.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1891/06/07/archives/lockwood-for-governor-the-congressman-announces-himself-as-a.html|access-date=April 13, 2018|work=The New York Times|date=June 7, 1891}} in 1894, he ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York on three Democratic tickets with David B. Hill and Everett P. Wheeler for Governor, but was defeated by Republican Charles T. Saxton. Lockwood was a delegate to the 1896 Democratic National Convention.

After the end of his political career he resumed his law practice before being selected by then New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt to serve as the general manager from New York at the Pan-American Exposition in 1901, the site of William McKinley's assassination.{{cite book|last1=Jacknis|first1=Ira|last2=Snead|first2=James|last3=McVicker|first3=Donald|title=Coming of Age in Chicago: The 1893 World's Fair and the Coalescence of American Anthropology|date=2016|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=9780803284494|page=203|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iOIsCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA203|access-date=April 13, 2018|language=en}}

He also served as president and manager of the Akron Cement Works, the Buffalo Sewer Pipe Company, and the Buffalo, New York & Erie Railroad Company.{{cite book|last1=Raymond|first1=Andrew Van Vranken|title=Union University: Its History, Influence, Characteristics and Equipment, with the Lives and Works of Its Founders, Benefactors, Officers, Regents, Faculty, and the Achievements of Its Alumni. Union College, Albany Medical College, Albany Law School, Dudley Observatory, Albany College of Pharmacy|date=1907|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/unionuniversity00raymgoog/page/n138 120]|url=https://archive.org/details/unionuniversity00raymgoog|access-date=April 13, 2018|language=en}} He was a director of the New York and New Jersey Bridge Company and the Merchants' Bank and the Third National Bank.

In 1903, Lockwood was appointed by Governor Benjamin Odell to the New York State Lunacy Commission, a position which he held until his death.

On October 18, 1870, Lockwood was married to Sarah Brown (1847–1898), daughter of Thomas Brown. He lived in a mansion on Niagara Street in Buffalo. Together, they were the parents of two children:

• Elizabeth Lockwood (1873–1919), who married Bronson C. Rumsey (1851–1946) in 1899.
• Thomas Brown Lockwood (1873–1947),{{cite news |title=THOMAS B. LOCKWOOD, ATTORNEY IN BUFFALO |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/08/20/archives/thomas-b-lockwood-attorney-in-buffalo.html |access-date=April 1, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=August 20, 1947}} who married Marion Birge, sister-in-law of George Cary, in 1904.{{cite book|title=A History of the City of Buffalo: Its Men and Institutions : Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens|date=1908|publisher=Buffalo Evening News|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofcityofb00buff/page/218 218]|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofcityofb00buff|access-date=April 13, 2018|language=en}} He unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1914.

Lockwood died on his birthday{{cite book|last1=Cutter|first1=William Richard|title=Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation|date=1912|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/genealogicaland04cuttgoog/page/n294 718]|url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicaland04cuttgoog|access-date=April 13, 2018|language=en}} at his home in Buffalo, New York, on June 1, 1906, after suffering from diabetes and gangrene.{{cite news|title=DANIEL N. LOCKWOOD DEAD. He Nominated Grover Cleveland for Mayor and Governor.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1906/06/02/archives/daniel-n-lockw_ood-dead-i-he-nominated-grover-cleveland-for-mayor.html|access-date=April 13, 2018|work=The New York Times|date=June 2, 1906}} He was buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.{{cite book|title=The Shield: Official Publication of the Theta Delta Chi Fraternity|date=1906|publisher=Theta Delta Chi fraternity|page=206|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pt8SAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA206|access-date=April 13, 2018|language=en}}

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• {{CongBio|L000392}}
• {{Find a Grave|6943115}}
• [https://www.loc.gov/resource/cwpbh.03685/ Photograph of Lockwood] at the Library of Congress

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