R. Holland Duell

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Rodolphus (R.) Holland Duell (December 20, 1824 - February 11, 1891) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Warren, Herkimer County, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Fabius. He moved to Cortland in 1847 and was district attorney of Cortland County from 1850 to 1855. He was judge of Cortland County from 1855 to 1859 and was assessor of internal revenue for the twenty-third district of New York from 1869 to 1871.

Duell was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1863; during the Thirty-seventh Congress he was chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. He resumed the practice of law in Cortland and was then elected to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. During the Forty-third Congress he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings. Duell was appointed as United States Commissioner of Patents by President Ulysses S. Grant on October 1, 1875 and served until January 30, 1877. He resumed the practice of law in Cortland, where he died in 1891; interment was in Cortland Rural Cemetery.

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• R. Holland Duell at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Henry Bennett	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st congressional district 1859 - 1863	Succeeded by Francis Kernan
Preceded by Dennis McCarthy	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 23rd congressional district 1871 - 1873	Succeeded by William E. Lansing
Preceded by John E. Seeley	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 24th congressional district 1873 - 1875	Succeeded by William H. Baker