Succeeded by John Augustus Swope Political party Democratic | Name William Duncan | |
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Preceded by Frank Eckels Beltzhoover Born February 2, 1836
Cashtown, Pennsylvania ( 1836-02-02 ) Died November 14, 1884(1884-11-14) (aged 48)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | ||
William Addison Duncan (February 2, 1836 – November 14, 1884) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
William A. Duncan was born in Cashtown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, and graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1857. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Duncan was elected district attorney in 1862 and 1868. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress and served until his death in Gettysburg. He had been reelected to the Forty-ninth Congress. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
References
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