Elisha David Standiford (December 28, 1831 – July 26, 1887) was a

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from

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. He was born near

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. He attended the common schools and St. Mary's College, near

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. He graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine and commenced practice in Louisville, Kentucky. Later, he abandoned the practice of

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and engaged in agricultural pursuits and other enterprises. Standiford was a member of the

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in 1868 and 1871. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875) but declined a renomination in 1874 to the

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. After leaving Congress, he was president of the

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Company from 1875 to 1879. In addition, he engaged in

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and agricultural pursuits. He died in Louisville, Kentucky in 1887 and was buried in

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. Louisville's largest airport was originally named Standiford Field before being changed to

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in 1995. The airport today still retains the airport code of SDF.

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* 1831 births 1887 deaths Burials at Cave Hill Cemetery Democratic Party Kentucky state senators Louisville and Nashville Railroad Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky St. Mary's College (Kentucky) alumni 19th-century American politicians {{Louisville-stub