James Henry Duncan | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | |
| Preceded by | Amos Abbott |
| Succeeded by | J. Wiley Edmands |
| Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1827 1837–1838 1857 | |
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| Born | December 5, 1793 |
| Died | February 8, 1869 (aged 75) |
| Political party | Whig |
James Henry Duncan (December 5, 1793 – February 8, 1869) was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Born inHaverhill, Massachusetts, to James Duncan and his wife, Rebecca White, Duncan attendedPhillips Exeter Academy, and graduated fromHarvard 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 theMassachusetts House of Representatives in 1827, 1837, 1838, and again in 1857. He served in theMassachusetts State Senate from 1828 to 1831, and was a delegate to the Whig National Convention atHarrisburg, 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 of pneumonia on February 8, 1869, in Haverhill, aged 75, and was interred in Linwood Cemetery.
His daughter, Margaret, marriedStephen Henry Phillips on October 3, 1871.[1]
James H. Duncan is the namesake ofDuncan, Illinois.[2]
James married Mary Willis on June 26, 1826, in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
They had 13 children together, 8 daughters and 5 sons: Rebekah White (died in infancy), James Henry, Benjamin Willis (died in infancy), Rebekah White, Mary Willis, George (died in childhood), Susan Reynolds, Samuel White, Rosanna, Elizabeth, George Willis, Caroline and Margaret.
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