William Addison Duncan

William Addison Duncan (February 2, 1836 – November 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.

Sources

William Addison Duncan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
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

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Name	Duncan, William Addison
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Date of birth	February 2, 1836
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Date of death	November 14, 1884
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