Preceded by William E. Haynes Alma mater Cincinnati Law School Political party Republican | Succeeded by William H. Enochs Name Robert Doan | |
Born July 23, 1831
Wilmington, Ohio ( 1831-07-23 ) Died February 24, 1919(1919-02-24) (aged 87)
Wilmington, Ohio | ||
Resting place Sugar Grove Cemetery | ||
Robert Eachus Doan (July 23, 1831 – February 24, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Biography
Born near Wilmington, Ohio, Doan attended common schools there and completed an academic course. He taught for three years in southern Ohio. He graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1857 and was admitted to the bar that same year, commencing practice in Wilmington, Ohio.
Doan was editor of the Wilmington Watchman in 1859 and 1860. He served as prosecuting attorney of Clinton County in 1862.
Doan was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893). After his unsuccessful candidacy for renomination in 1892 he resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C..
Doan died in Wilmington, Ohio on February 24, 1919. His remains are interred at the Sugar Grove Cemetery.