U.S. Representative James Henry Duncan, III

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Bibliographic information:

• Memorials of the Essex Bar Association and brief biographical notices of some of the distinguished members of the Essex bar prior to the formation of the association [electronic resource]
• by Essex Bar Association (Salem, Mass.); Northend, William Dummer, 1823-1902; George, Edward B
• Publication date 1900
• Publisher Salem, Mass.: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers
• Contributor University of California Libraries
• Pages 276
• Copyright-evidence Evidence reported by MarkGraves for item memorialsofessex00esserich on June 5, 2008: no visible notice of copyright; stated date is 1900.
• Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Duncan

James Henry Duncan (December 5, 1793 – February 8, 1869) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy, and graduated from Harvard University in 1812. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in Haverhill.

He was an active militia officer, and attained the rank of colonel. He was president of the Essex Agricultural Society, and member of the State House of Representatives in 1827, 1837, 1838, and again in 1857. He served in the State senate from 1828 to 1831. He was a delegate to the Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1839. He was appointed Commissioner-in-Bankruptcy in 1841.

He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853).

Following his political career he was engaged in the real-estate business. He died in Haverhill, aged 75, and was interred in Linwood Cemetery. His daughter Margaret Duncan married Stephen Henry Phillips on October 3, 1871.

James H. Duncan is the namesake of Duncan, Illinois.

James Henry Duncan, U.S. Representative

• Find A Grave Memorial ID # 16209642
• Congressman Duncan's Wikipedia Page

Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, to James Duncan and his wife, Rebecca White, Duncan attended Phillips Exeter Academy, and graduated from Harvard University in 1812. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1815, commencing practice in Haverhill.

He was an active militia officer, and attained the rank of colonel. He was president of the Essex Agricultural Society, and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1827, 1837, 1838, and again in 1857. He served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1828-1831, and was a delegate to the Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1839. He was appointed Commissioner-in-Bankruptcy in 1841.

He was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, 1849 –1853. Following his political career he was engaged in the real-estate business.

He died of pneumonia on February 8, 1869, in Haverhill, Massachusetts at the age of 75, and was interred in Linwood Cemetery.

His daughter, Margaret, married Stephen Henry Phillips on October 3, 1871.

James H. Duncan is the namesake of Duncan, Illinois.

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