Editing Daniel Sheldon Norton (section)

==Life and career==
Norton was born in [[Mount Vernon, Ohio]] to Daniel Sheldon and Sarah Sheldon (née Banning). He had a brother, [[Anthony Banning Norton]], who also became a politician.<ref name="texasstatebioanthonybanningnorton">{{cite web|last1=Sanders|first1=Justin M.|title=NORTON, ANTHONY BANNING|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fno09|website=[[Handbook of Texas Online]]|publisher=[[Texas State Historical Association]]|accessdate=January 2, 2018|date= June 15, 2010}}</ref> He attended [[Kenyon College]] but left school to serve with the 2nd Ohio Volunteers in the [[Mexican–American War]]. After returning from the war he studied law under his brother-in-law Judge Rollin C. Hurd. For several years he moved to [[California]] and [[Nicaragua]] but he returned to Ohio in 1852 and was [[admitted to the bar]] shortly thereafter. He practiced law in Mount Vernon for several years before he moving to [[Minnesota Territory]] in 1855.<ref name=20thbio>{{cite book|editor1-last=Johnson|editor1-first=Rossiter|editor2-last=Brown|editor2-first=John Howard|title=The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans|date=1904|publisher=Biographical Society|url=https://archive.org/stream/twentiethcentury08john#page/91/mode/1up}}</ref>

After initially living in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]], Norton eventually settled in [[Winona, Minnesota]]. In 1857 Norton was elected to the Minnesota State Senate for its first legislative session. He was reelected in 1860 and 1863 serving four total terms in seven years. In 1865 the state legislature elected him to the US Senate where he served in the [[39th United States Congress|39th]] and [[40th United States Congress|40th congresses]]. Initially elected as a [[National Union Party (United States)|Unionist]], Norton later aligned himself with the more moderate Republican faction in the senate. He supported President [[Andrew Johnson]]'s stance on [[Reconstruction Era|reconstruction]] and opposed his [[Impeachment of Andrew Johnson|impeachment]]. This led to tension with the more radical Republicans of Minnesota who passed a resolution censuring Norton for his actions and calling for his resignation.<ref name=20thbio/><ref name=leglib>{{cite web|title=Norton, Daniel Sheldon — Legislator Record|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?ID=14208|website=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library}}</ref><ref name=republicanhistory>{{cite book|last1=Smalley|first1=Eugene Virgil|title=A history of the Republican party from its organization to the present time: to which is added a political history of Minnesota from a Republican point of view and biographical sketches of leading Minnesota Republicans|date=1896|page=364|publisher=Author |hdl=2027/umn.31951002360569k?urlappend=%3Bseq=374|url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002360569k?urlappend=%3Bseq=374}}</ref><ref name = "Upham">{{cite book| last = Upham | first = Warren | author-link = Warren Upham | title = Minnesota in Three Centuries 1655-1908 | place = Mankato, Minn. | publisher = Publishing Society of Minnesota | year = 1908 | volume = 3|pages=444–446|url=https://archive.org/stream/minnesotainthree03hubb#page/444/mode/2up}}</ref>

Norton died while in office on July 14, 1870, having suffered for several weeks from [[tuberculosis]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star/167984536/|title=Death of Senator Norton|work=Washington Evening Star|date=July 14, 1870}}</ref>