Lorenzo English

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Lorenzo English

|image = Lorenzo English.jpg

|caption =

|order =

|office1 = 20th Mayor of Columbus

|term_start1 = 1850

|term_end1 = 1861

|predecessor1 = Alexander Patton

|successor1 = Wray Thomas

|party = Whig
Republican

|profession = Mayor
Attorney

|birth_date = {{birth date|1819|5|22}}

|birth_place = Herkimer County, New York

|death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|1888|3|14|1819|5|22}}}}

|death_place =

|restingplace = Green Lawn Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio

|residence = Herkimer County, New York
Mount Vernon, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio

|parents = John English
Laura S. English

|spouse = Cynthia A. Cole
Mary Keane

|children = William Henry
Matthew Keane
Walter
Lorenzo
Laura

|website =

|alma_mater = Oberlin College

}}

Lorenzo English (May 22, 1819 – March 14, 1888) was a Whig and later Republican politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. He served as the 20th mayor of Columbus, Ohio and the 18th person to serve in that office.{{sfn|Egger|(1975)|pp=25}} He served Columbus prior to the American Civil War for five terms spanning eleven years.{{sfn|Egger|(1975)|pp=25}} His successor was Wray Thomas after 1861.{{sfn|Egger|(1975)|pp=25}}

Biography

He was born in Herkimer County, New York on May 22, 1819.{{sfn|Centennial|(1901)|pp=106}} His parents were John and Laura S. English.{{sfn|Centennial|(1901)|pp=106}}{{sfn|Reed|(1897)|pp=123}} He attended the public schools in Herkimer county.{{sfn|Centennial|(1901)|pp=106}} In 1837, his family moved to Mount Vernon, Ohio, then later to Columbus, Ohio.{{sfn|Centennial|(1901)|pp=106}} He attended Oberlin College and graduated in August 1843.{{sfn|Centennial|(1901)|pp=106}}

Legacy and depictions

Lorenzo is depicted as a ghost and a "shadow man" in The Dead Files, an American paranormal television series, in Season 3, episode 11 titled, "Blood in the Bordello." The television program was filmed at The Jury Room, a local pub in Columbus, Ohio. The pub serves an alcoholic drink called Lorenzo's Revenge named after the former mayor.{{sfn|Tigges|(2013)}}

References

Bibliography

{{cite book| title = A Centennial Biographical History of the City of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio| url = https://archive.org/details/centennialbiogra00lewipu| series = County and regional histories of the "Old Northwest.": Ohio| year = 1901| publisher = Lewis Publishing Company| ref = {{sfnRef|Centennial|(1901)}}}}
{{cite book |title=Columbus Mayors |year=1975 |location=Columbus, Ohio |publisher=Columbus Citizen-Journal|editor1-first=Charles |editor1-last=Egger |url=http://www.genealogybug.net/franklin_county/colmayors/columbus_mayors_1.pdf| ref = {{sfnRef|Egger|(1975)}}}}
{{cite book|last1=Reed|first1=George Irving|last2=Randall|first2=Emilius Oviatt|last3=Greve|first3=Charles Theodore|title=Bench and Bar of Ohio: A Compendium of History and Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Of08AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Lorenzo+English%22+mayor|volume=2|year=1897|publisher=The Century publishing and engraving company|location=Chicago, Illinois| ref = {{sfnRef|Reed|(1897)}}}}
{{cite news|url=http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/06/06/32-must-drink-summer-cocktails.html|title=The Jury Room, 32 Must-drink Summer Cocktails From Columbus Bars|last=Tigges|first=Jesse|date=June 6, 2013|work=Columbus Alive|publisher=The Dispatch Printing Company|page=48|access-date=10 November 2013|location=Columbus, Ohio|ref={{sfnRef|Tigges|(2013)}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110084659/http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/06/06/32-must-drink-summer-cocktails.html|archive-date=10 November 2013|url-status=dead}}