Anthony Banning Norton (May 15, 1821 – December 31, 1893) was an American journalist, historian and state politician.

Anthony Banning Norton was born on May 15, 1821, in Mount Vernon, Ohio.

[1] His parents, Daniel Sheldon Norton and Sarah Banning, were planters from Louisiana.

[1] Norton "graduated from Kenyon College in 1840" and studied the Law in Pennsylvania.

[2] Norton joined the Know Nothing political party, and he served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1855 to 1861.