Daniel Hugunin Jr. (February 6, 1790 – June 20, 1850) was an American politician from

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Life

He was the son of Daniel Abraham Hugunin (1756–1828) and Mary (Garrabrance) Hugunin. He pursued classical studies. He served as a

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in the

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and was taken prisoner at the

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. On January 4, 1817, he married Clarissa Ann Van Horne at

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, and they had five children, among them Daniel Clinton Huguenin (1825–1846), who died in the

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. At the United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1824, Hugunin received a majority of the votes cast in the 20th congressional district, but while the greater part of the votes was returned for "Daniel Hugunin, jun.", a smaller part was returned for "Daniel Hugunin, junior" and "Daniel Hugunin". The votes for the latter two variants were counted as scattering, giving a plurality to

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, the incumbent Jacksonian congressman. Hugunin contested the election of Ten Eyck, and was seated as an Adams man in the

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on December 15, 1825, holding office until March 3, 1827. In 1828, Hugunin was elected one of the first trustees of the Village of Oswego. On March 15, 1841, he was appointed by President

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for

. He remained in office until August 31, 1844, when Charles M. Prevost was appointed to succeed Hugunin. Hugunin later served as the harbor master at Kenosha. He died of a stroke on June 20, 1850 and was buried at Green Ridge Cemetery in Kenosha.

Sources

ives wrong death datebr>''Dictionary of the United States Congress and the General Government''
by Charles Lanman (Hartford, 1869; page 200)
''Cases of Contested Elections in Congress 1789 to 1834''
compiled by

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and David A. Hall (

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, 1834; Case LIII, pages 501ff)
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hugunin, Daniel Jr 1790 births 1850 deaths Politicians from Kenosha, Wisconsin 19th-century American politicians Politicians from Oswego, New York United States Marshals American military personnel of the War of 1812 National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) War of 1812 prisoners of war held by the United Kingdom