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Daniel Duncan (Ohio politician)

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Preceded by
  
Columbus Delano

Name
  
Daniel Duncan

Resting place
  
Newark Graveyard

Succeeded by
  
P. N. O'Bannon

Succeeded by
  
Charles Sweetser


Daniel Duncan (Ohio politician) FileDaniel Duncan Ohio politician signaturejpg Wikimedia Commons

Preceded by
  
Isaac Green Phelps Humphreys

Born
  
July 22, 1806 Shippensburg, Pennsylvania (
1806-07-22
)

Died
  
May 18, 1849(1849-05-18) (aged 42) Washington, D.C.

Daniel Duncan (July 22, 1806 – May 18, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Duncan completed preparatory studies. He attended Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1825. He moved to Newark, Ohio, in 1828. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1843. He was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for election to the State senate in 1844.

Duncan was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress. He died in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 1849. He was interred in the Newark Graveyard, Newark, Ohio.

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