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CIVIL WAR REC CONGRESSMAN MILFORD PA DIST ATTORNEY VAN AUKEN AUTOGRAPH SIGNED VF
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DANIEL MYERS VAN AUKEN(1826 - 1908)
US
CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION ERA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONGRESSMAN FROM MILFORD, P
ENNSYLVANIA 1867-1871,
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF PIKE COUNTY 1855-1859,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF PIKE COUNTY 1893-1896 and 1899-1903,
&
PROMINENT LAWYER PRACTICING IN MILFORD, PA.
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HERE’S VAN AUKEN’S UNCOMMON SIGNATURE REMOVED FROM A 19
th
CENTURY AUTOGRAPH ALBUM, and SIGNED:
“D. M. VanAuken
Milord Pa.”
The document measures 7” x 3” and is in
Very Fine+
C
ondition.
A
RARE
& FINE Addition to your 19
th
Century Pennsylcania Political History Autograph, Manuscript & Ephemera Collection!
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BIOGRAPHY OF THE HONORABLE
DANIEL M. VAN AUKEN
Daniel Myers Van Auken
(January 15, 1826 – November 7, 1908) was a
Democratic
member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Pennsylvania
.
Daniel M. Van Auken was born in
Montague Township, New Jersey
. He attended the common schools and
Deckertown Academy
. He graduated from
Union College
in
Schenectady, New York
, in 1852. He studied law, was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1855 and commenced the practice of law in
Milford, Pennsylvania
. He served as prosecuting attorney of
Pike County, Pennsylvania
, from 1855 to 1859.
Van Auken was elected as a Democrat to the
Fortieth
and
Forty-first
Congresses. He was not a candidate for reelection in
1870
. He resumed the practice of law in Milford and served as district attorney of Pike County from 1893 to 1896 and 1899 to 1903. He continued the practice of law until his death in Milford in 1908. Interment in Milford Cemetery.
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