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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaWilliam Addison DUNCAN
(1836-1884)
DUNCAN, William Addison, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Cashtown, Franklin
Township, Adams County, Pa., February 2, 1836; attended the public
schools; was graduated from Franklin and Marshall College, at
Lancaster, in 1857; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859
and commenced practice in Gettysburg, Pa.; elected district
attorney in 1862 and 1868; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1883, until his
death; had been reelected to the Forty-ninth Congress; died in
Gettysburg, Pa., November 14, 1884; interment in Evergreen
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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