Daniel H. Sumner

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Daniel Hadley Sumner (September 15, 1837 - May 29, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Malone, New York, Sumner moved to Michigan in 1843 with his parents, who settled in Richland, Michigan. He attended the common schools, and Prairie Seminary, in Richland. He studied law. He was then admitted to the bar in 1868, and commenced practice in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He moved to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, in 1868 and practiced law. He also published the La Belle Mirror. He moved to Waukesha, Wisconsin, in 1870, and continued the practice of his profession. Sumner was also the town superintendent of schools. He served as member of the county board of supervisors. He served as district attorney of Waukesha County, Wisconsin in 1876 and 1877.

Sumner was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1884. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Waukesha, Wisconsin, May 29, 1903. He was interred in Prairie Home Cemetery.

[edit] References

• Daniel H. Sumner at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] External links

• Daniel H. Sumner at Find A Grave