William Addison Duncan (February 2, 1836 – November 14, 1884) was a
Democratic member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
William A. Duncan was born in
Cashtown, Pennsylvania
Cashtown is a census-designated place in Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. The community was part of the Cashtown-McKnightstown CDP, until it was split into two separate CDPs for the 2010 census. As of 2010, the population of Cas ...
. He attended the public schools, and graduated from
Franklin & Marshall College
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in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1857. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Gettysburg is home to th ...
.
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.
See also
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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
Sources
The Political Graveyard
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Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Adams County, Pennsylvania)
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century American legislators