Robert E. Doan

Robert Eachus Doan (July 23, 1831 - February 24, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born near Wilmington, Ohio, Doan attended the common schools and completed an academic course. He taught school three years in southern Ohio. He was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1857. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Wilmington, Ohio. He was editor of the Wilmington Watchman in 1859 and 1860. He served as prosecuting attorney of Clinton County in 1862.

Doan was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1892. He resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.. He died in Wilmington, Ohio, February 24, 1919. He was interred in Sugar Grove Cemetery.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
William E. Haynes
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 10th congressional district

March 4, 1891–March 3, 1893
Succeeded by
William H. Enochs

Source

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