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

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from

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. Born in

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

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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).

References

External links

Daniel D. Pratt collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pratt, Daniel 1813 births 1877 deaths Cazenovia College alumni Commissioners of Internal Revenue Republican Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives Indiana lawyers Hamilton College (New York) alumni People from Palermo, Maine People from Madison County, New York Politicians from Indianapolis Republican Party United States senators from Indiana 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers