Lockport is both a city and the town that surrounds it in Niagara County, New York, United States. The city is the Niagara county seat, with a population of 21,165 according to 2010 census figures, and an estimated population of 20,305 as of 2019.
John Baldwin Raymond was a Delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Lockport, Niagara County, New York, then moved with his parents to Tazewell County, Illinois in 1853. He served in the Union Army in the Illinois Thirty-First Regiment during the American Civil War, being promoted to Captain for action at the Battle of Vicksburg.
Washington Hunt was an American lawyer and politician.
Francis Granger was an American politician who represented Ontario County, New York, in the United States House of Representatives for three non-consecutive terms. He was a leading figure in the state and national Whig Party, particularly in its moderate-conservative faction. He served as a Whig vice presidential nominee on the party's multi-candidate 1836 ticket and, in that role, became the only person to ever lose a contingent election for the vice presidency in the U.S. Senate. He also served briefly in 1841 as United States Postmaster General in the cabinet of William Henry Harrison. In 1856, he became the final Whig Party chairman before the party's collapse, after which he joined the Constitutional Union Party.
Azariah Boody was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Thomas Bowles Shannon was a California merchant and politician who served as member of the California State Assembly and the U.S. House of Representatives for California.
John Christian Kunkel was a Whig and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was the grandfather of John Crain Kunkel.
Burt Van Horn was a United States representative from New York during the American Civil War. He served New York's 31st District from 1861 to 1863, and the 29th District from 1865 to 1869. He was a staunch supporter of President Abraham Lincoln and the Union.
Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman was an American politician and United States Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan from 1851 to 1853.
Theodore Trapplan "Tappan" Michael Wentworth was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1853 to 1855.
John Parsons Cook was an American lawyer and politician affiliated with the Whig Party who represented Iowa's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855.
Charles Franklin Mitchell was a U.S. Representative from New York in the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses.
George Abel Simmons was a U.S. Representative from New York.
James Madison Marvin was a businessman and U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.
Jonas Phillips Phoenix was a U.S. Representative from New York, serving two nonconsecutive terms from 1843 to 1845, and from 1849 to 1851.
Lewis Eaton was a United States Congressman from New York.
Lot Clark was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Seth Wakeman was an American attorney and politician from Batavia, New York. Initially a Whig, and later a Republican, he was most notable for his service in the New York State Assembly from 1856 to 1857 and the United States House of Representatives from 1871 to 1873.
Nathan Fellows Dixon was an attorney and bank president from Westerly, Rhode Island. The son of Nathan F. Dixon and father of Nathan F. Dixon III, he was best known for his service as a United States representative from Rhode Island from 1849 to 1851, and again from 1863 to 1871.
William Rand Kenan Jr. was an American chemist, engineer, manufacturer, dairy farmer, and philanthropist.
