Elisha Standiford

Elisha Standiford
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded byBoyd Winchester
Succeeded byEdward Y. Parsons
Member of the Kentucky Senate
In office
1868
1871
Personal details
Born(1831-12-28)December 28, 1831
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 1887(1887-07-26) (aged 55)
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Resting placeCave Hill Cemetery
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
Mary A. E. Neill
(died 1875)

Lorena Scott
Alma materKentucky School of Medicine
SignatureE. D. Standiford

Elisha David Standiford (December 28, 1831 – July 26, 1887) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born near Louisville, Kentucky. He attended the common schools and St. Mary's College, near Lebanon, Kentucky. He graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine and commenced practice in Louisville, Kentucky. Later, he abandoned the practice of medicine and engaged in agricultural pursuits and other enterprises.

Standiford was a member of the Kentucky Senate 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 Forty-fourth Congress. After leaving Congress, he was president of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company from 1875 to 1879. In addition, he engaged in banking and agricultural pursuits. In July 1887, recently married and a candidate for the U.S. Senate,[1] he died in Louisville, Kentucky and was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.

Louisville's largest airport was originally named Standiford Field before being changed to Louisville International Airport in 1995.[2] On January 16, 2019, the Regional Airport Authority voted to change the name of the airport to Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in honor of the boxer and Louisville native Muhammad Ali. The airport today still retains the airport code of SDF.

  1. ^ "Dr. Standiford Dead". Big Sandy News (Louisa, KY). July 28, 1887. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  2. ^ "History". Louisville Regional Airport Authority. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2022.