Lorenzo Crounse
8th Governor of Nebraska
In office January 13, 1893 – January 3, 1895
Lieutenant	Thomas J. Majors
Preceded by	James E. Boyd
Succeeded by	Silas A. Holcomb
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNebraska's at-large congressional district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877
Preceded by	John Taffe
Succeeded by	Frank Welch
Member of theNebraska Territorial House of Representatives
In office 1866
Associate Justice of theNebraska Supreme Court
In office 1867–1873
Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
In office April 27, 1891 – October 31, 1892
Member of theNebraska State Senate from the 10th District
In office 1901
Personal details
Born	(1834-01-27)January 27, 1834 Sharon, New York
Died	May 13, 1909(1909-05-13) (aged 75) Omaha, Nebraska
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Mary E. Griffiths
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Lorenzo Crounse (January 27, 1834 – May 13, 1909) was aNebraskaRepublicanpolitician and theeighth Governor of Nebraska.

Born inSharon inSchoharie County, New York, Crounse attended theNew York Conference Seminary inCharlotteville, New York. While teaching school, he studied law and in 1857 he was admitted to the bar.^[1] In 1860, he married Mary E. Griffiths and they had four children.^[2]

Crounse established a law practice atFort Plain, New York. During theCivil War he organized Battery K, New York Light Artillery and became a captain in 1861, served for a year; but was discharged after suffering wounds at a battle on theRappahannock River in Virginia and resumed his law practice.^[3]

Crounse moved to theNebraska Territory in 1864, and became part of the territorial legislature and later was a delegate to the state's constitutional convention. He became a Justice of Nebraska state supreme court from 1867 to 1873, and after his term expired, ran and was elected as aRepublican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (1873–1877). He declined to run again in 1876.

He became an internal revenue collector for the district of Nebraska in 1879, and then was appointedAssistant Secretary of the United States Treasury on April 27, 1891. He resigned on October 31, 1892 to become the 8th governor of Nebraska. During his term, future Nebraska representativeWilliam E. Andrews worked as his private secretary. He served until 1895, and then served briefly in the Nebraska state senate in 1901.^[4]

After his wife, Mary E. Griffiths Crounse (1836-1882) died, Crounse remained a widower, and he spent his last years with one of his four children. He died inOmaha. The now-extinct village of Crounse, Nebraska, near Lincoln was named after him.^[5]

• Gov. Lorenzo Crounse^[usurped] papers at theNebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved on 2009-07-06.
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• National Governors Association
• Semi-Centennial History of Nebraska

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