Daniel Sturgeon (October 27, 1789July 3, 1878) was an American physician, banker and

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politician from

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. He served in both houses of the state legislature and represented

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in the

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Biography

Daniel Sturgeon was born on October 27, 1789, in Mount Pleasant Township, present-day

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. He later moved with his parents to

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in 1804. He attended Jefferson College in

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, and

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. Sturgeon practiced medicine in

, until being appointed county coroner in 1813. He served in the

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from 1818 until 1824 and the

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for the 19th district from 1825 until 1830, serving as President of that body for the final two years of his term until serving as

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from 1830 until 1836. Immediately prior to being elected to the U.S. Senate, Sturgeon served as

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from 1838 until 1839. The Senate seat on which Sturgeon served is now held by Democratic Senator Bob Casey Jr. Sturgeon was

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by the state legislature to the United States Senate on January 14, 1840, to serve the term that commenced on March 4, 1839. He was re-elected to the U.S. Senate in 1845 and was not a candidate for re-election in

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. His term expired in March 1851. While a U.S. Senator, Sturgeon served as chairman of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office and the Committee on Agriculture. Following his tenure in the U.S. Senate, Sturgeon was appointed treasurer of the

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in Philadelphia by President Franklin Pierce, serving from 1853 until 1858. He died in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1878 and was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.

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