Biography

07/04/1772 - 02/16/1864

DUNCAN, William, a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, July 4, 1772 in Abbottstown, Adams County, Pa.; brigadier general (1812-1813), adjutant general (1813), First Division, Pennsylvania Militia (1812-1813, War of 1812); aide-de-camp, Gov. Simon Snyder (1813-1814); merchant; elected, inspector of elections, South Mulberry Ward, Philadelphia (1800, 1801); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1808, 1821, 1824, 1827); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1811-1812 term; school director, Philadelphia (1822); unsuccessful campaign, common council, Philadelphia (1823); co-founded, Jefferson Medical College (1824); reelected to the House as a Democrat for the 1825-1826, 1826-1827 and 1828-1829 terms; resigned from the House, April 11, 1829; trustee, Jefferson Medical College (1827); appointed, customs surveyor, Philadelphia (1829, 2 terms); died, February 16, 1864 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.