Daniel Darwin Pratt (October 26, 1813 – June 17, 1877) was a

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from

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. Born in Palermo, Maine, he moved to New York with his parents, who settled in Fenner. He attended the public schools and

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, and graduated from

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in 1831. He moved to Indiana in 1832 and taught school; in 1834, he settled in

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and was employed in the office of the Secretary of State. He studied law and was admitted to the

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, commencing practice in Logansport in 1836. In 1851 and 1853, he was a member of the

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and was elected in 1868 as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress, but resigned on January 27, 1869, before the beginning of his term as a

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, having been elected to the U.S. Senate at the beginning of the month. He was a member of the Senate from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1875; while in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Pensions (Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses). Pratt was appointed by

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, holding that office in 1875 and 1876. He died in Logansport in 1877; interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery. Pratt was a member of Tipton Lodge No. 33 F.&A.M. in Logansport, Indiana. He was raised in 1837. He served as Worshipful Master of the lodge in 1844. Pratt practiced law with his nephew, Daniel P. Baldwin, who later became

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(1880–1882).

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External links

Daniel D. Pratt collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library
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