James Duncan
U.S. Congressperson
1756 – 1844
Who was James Duncan?
James Duncan was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
James Duncan born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Princeton College. He served as the first prothonotary of Adams County, Pennsylvania. During the American Revolutionary War he was appointed as a lieutenant in Colonel Moses Hazen’s 2nd Canadian Regiment on November 3, 1776, and on March 25, 1778, was promoted to captain.
Duncan was elected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress but resigned before Congress assembled. He died in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
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- Born
- 1756
Pennsylvania - Education
- Princeton University
- Died
- Jun 24, 1844
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on July 23, 2013
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