Lynn Sedwick Hornor (November 3, 1874 – September 23, 1933) was an American politician who represented

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in the

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from 1931 to 1933. Hornor was born in

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. He attended the public schools. He was employed as a

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clerk in 1892 and served successively as

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and director until his death. In addition, he was president and manager of a number of

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and

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development, and land companies. He was president of the West Virginia Natural Gas Association in 1917 and 1918. During the

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, Hornor served as a member of the advisory West Virginia council of defense. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and Seventy-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1931, until his death in

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in 1933. He was buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Clarksburg, West Virginia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Horor, Lynn) 1874 births 1933 deaths Politicians from Clarksburg, West Virginia Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia Businesspeople from Clarksburg, West Virginia

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