Leonidas Sexton

Leonidas Sexton was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. representative] from Indiana from 1877 to 1879. He previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Indiana from 1873 to 1877.

Biography

Born in Rushville, Indiana, Sexton attended the public schools of his native county and was graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1847.
He studied law in Rushville and in 1848 and 1849 attended the University of [Cincinnati College of Law|Cincinnati Law School].
He was Admission to [the bar in the United States|admitted to the Indiana bar] in 1850 and commenced the practice of his profession in Rushville, Indiana.

Political career

He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1856.
Sexton was elected the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana and served from January 1873 to January 1877.
Sexton was elected as a Republican to the 45th [United States Congress|Forty-fifth] Congress.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress.

Death

He died in Parsons, Kansas, July 4, 1880.
He was interred in East Hill Cemetery, Rushville, Indiana.