Alexander Duncan (1788 – March 23, 1853) was a

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from

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for four terms from 1837 to 1845.

Biography

Born in Bottle Hill (now

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, Duncan studied and practiced

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. He moved to

and settled in

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. He served as member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1828, 1829, 1831, and 1832. He served in the

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1832–1834. Duncan was elected as a

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to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840 to the

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but came back to win a seat in the

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(March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845). He did not run in 1844 for reelection to the Twenty-ninth Congress but instead resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Madisonville (now a part of Cincinnati),

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, March 23, 1853, and is interred in Laurel Cemetery.

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