Lorenzo English

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.^[1] He served Columbus prior to the American Civil War for five terms spanning eleven years.^[1] His successor was Wray Thomas after 1861.^[1]

He was born in Herkimer County, New York on May 22, 1819.^[2] His parents were John and Laura S. English.^[2][3] He attended the public schools in Herkimer county.^[2] In 1837, his family moved to Mount Vernon, Ohio, then later to Columbus, Ohio.^[2] He attended Oberlin College and graduated in August 1843.^[2]

• Lorenzo is depicted as a ghost and a "shadow man" in The Dead Files, an American paranormaltelevision 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.^[4]

• A Centennial Biographical History of the City of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio. County and regional histories of the "Old Northwest.": Ohio. Lewis Publishing Company. 1901.
• Egger, Charles, ed. (1975). Columbus Mayors(PDF). Columbus, Ohio: Columbus Citizen-Journal.
• Reed, George Irving; Randall, Emilius Oviatt; Greve, Charles Theodore (1897). Bench and Bar of Ohio: A Compendium of History and Biography. Vol. 2. Chicago, Illinois: The Century publishing and engraving company.
• Tigges, Jesse (June 6, 2013). "The Jury Room, 32 Must-drink Summer Cocktails From Columbus Bars". Columbus Alive. Columbus, Ohio: The Dispatch Printing Company. p. 48. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.

• Albery, Herman B. (July 1907). "Personal Recollections of the Franklin County Bar of Fifty Years Ago". The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly. 10. Columbus, Ohio: "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society: 211–212.
• Dodds, Gilbert F. (1989). Central Market House: Columbus' First City Hall, Farmers' Hotel, Mayor Lorenzo English (2nd ed.). Franklin County Historical Society. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
• Franklin County at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. Ohio: Sheppard & company book and job printers. 1901. p. 41.
• Michael, W. H. (1880). "Ninth District," Directory of ... Congress. United States. Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 55.

• Lorenzo English at Find a Grave
• Lorenzo English at Political Graveyard