William J. Duane
William J. Duane
Photo credit:
Brooke, Richard Norris. Sec. William J. Duane, ca. 1893, U.S Department of the Treasury.
Biography
05/09/1780 - 09/27/1865
DUANE, William J., a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, May 9, 1780 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland; lawyer; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican for the 1809-1810, 1812-1813 and 1813-1814 terms; reelected to the House as an Old School candidate for the 1819-1820 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1810, 1814, 1817); unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1816, 1822, 1824); unsuccessful campaign, common council, Philadelphia (1819, 1820, 1821); United States Secretary of Treasury (1833); died, September 27, 1865 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
Duane, William J. Letters Addressed to the People of Pennsylvania Respecting the Improvement of the Commonwealth by Means of Roads and Canals. n.p.: Philadelphia, 1811.
Duane, William J. Observations on the Importance of Improving the Navigation of the River Schuylkill n.p.: Philadelphia, 1818.
Duane, William J. Narrative and Correspondence Concerning the Removal of the Deposits and Occurrences Connected Therewith n.p.: Philadelphia, 1838.
William J. Duane papers (mm79001182), Library of Congress, Washington, DC