William Addison Duncan

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William Addison Duncan (February 2, 1836November 14, 1884) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

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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Preceded by
Frank E. Beltzhoover
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district

1883 - 1884
Succeeded by
John A. Swope