About William Addison Duncan
Lived 1836 – 1884 (aged 48). William Addison Duncan was an American politician and lawyer.
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.
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William Addison Duncan was born on 2 February 1836 in Cashtown.
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William Addison Duncan died on 14 November 1884 in Gettysburg.
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